Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Eukratides I Megas AR Tetradrachm. Circa 170-145 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; all within bead-and-reel border / The Dioskouroi on horses prancing to right, each holding spear and palm; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ above, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ below, monogram in left field. Bopearachchi 6W var. (monogram to left); SNG ANS 469-71 var. (same); Mitchiner, Type 177f var. (same); HGC 12, 131. 16.92g, 30mm, 12h.
Near Mint State; a striking piece in a wonderful state of preservation. An apparently unpublished variant with the monogram to the left.
From a private European collection.
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