BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 16.90 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, edge marks. Diademed heroic bust of Eucratides left, seen from behind, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear, brandishing spear in right hand; bead and reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ / ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on horses prancing right, both with couched spear in right hand, palm in left over shoulder; ΦΛ monogram in lower right field. HGC 12, 132. Bopearachchi 8b. Mitchiner 179a. SNG ANS 485. Outstanding design and high relief portraiture, dynamic yet balanced. Stunning in hand. Ex Numismatica Arts Classica, Auction 106 (9 May 2018), lot 1212. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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