Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Plato AR Tetradrachm. Circa 145-140 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ ΠΛATΩNOΣ, Helios, radiate, standing facing in quadriga moving to right; MT monogram to upper right, MZ in exergue. Bopearachchi 3A; Bopearachchi & Rahman -; SNG ANS 631; MIG Type 197; Qunduz 381. 13.87g, 31mm, 11h.
Harshly cleaned, some corrosion. Very Fine. Extremely Rare - this is only the third specimen to appear on the market in over 25 years, the others being offered at Numismatic Fine Arts XXV, 29 November 1990, lot 234 and Triton XII, 6 January 2009, lot 405 (= CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 790).
Although little is known of Plato, his coins stand out among those of his predecessors and successors as he institutes a new, unprecedented and unique reverse type in the Greco-Baktrian corpus: Helios radiate, standing in quadriga.
Harshly cleaned, some corrosion. Very Fine. Extremely Rare - this is only the third specimen to appear on the market in over 25 years, the others being offered at Numismatic Fine Arts XXV, 29 November 1990, lot 234 and Triton XII, 6 January 2009, lot 405 (= CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 790).
Although little is known of Plato, his coins stand out among those of his predecessors and successors as he institutes a new, unprecedented and unique reverse type in the Greco-Baktrian corpus: Helios radiate, standing in quadriga.