BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.80 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛΟΥ above, EYKPATIΔOY in exergue, the Dioskouroi, holding palm fronds and spears, on horses rearing right; monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6W; Bopearachchi & Rahman 245; MIG Type 177f; SNG ANS 469–71; HGC 12, 131. Deeply toned, with traces of iridescence, some light pitting and edge marks. EF.
From the Columbus Collection. Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 378.
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