Ancients BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145

Ancients
BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 16.93 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 4/5. Draped and cuirassed bust of Eucratides I right, seen from side, wearing crested Bactrian helmet decorated with bull's horn and ear; bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY / ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on horses prancing right, both with couched spear in right hand, palm in left over shoulder; ΔΝΦ monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6F var (monogram on right). HGC 12, 131. Nicely centered with an imposing bust type and energetic reverse design.

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