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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (34mm, 16.97 gm, 12h) NGC Choice MS 5/5-5/5. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Eucratides right, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟY, the Dioscuri on rearing horses right, each holding palm fronds and spears, monogram before. Bopearachchi Série 6E. SNG ANS 465. HGC 12, 131. Perfectly centered on an enormous, medallic flan, with fully lustrous surfaces. NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 3000-3500 USD
GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (34mm, 16.97 gm, 12h) NGC Choice MS 5/5-5/5. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Eucratides right, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟY, the Dioscuri on rearing horses right, each holding palm fronds and spears, monogram before. Bopearachchi Série 6E. SNG ANS 465. HGC 12, 131. Perfectly centered on an enormous, medallic flan, with fully lustrous surfaces. NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 3000-3500 USD