Baktrian Kings. Eukratides I. (Circa 170-145 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Hellenistic bust at bargain price.
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Baktrian Kings. Eukratides I. (Circa 170-145 BC). AR Tetradrachm.
17.02gm, 32.3mm. Found in Balkh region, could well be a contemporary imitation perhaps an early Skythians.
Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; all within bead-and-reel border / The Dioskouroi, holding palm fronds and spears, on horses rearing right.
Monogram in lower right field.
Zeno-363661 (It's me there), for prototype, cf. Bopearachchi 6 / Mitchiner 177 & HGC 12, 131.
Good very fine, cleaning marks, areas of double struck on obverse, one pit in front under chain.
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