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Long Beach Signature Sale 3057 7-8 Sep 2017
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GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (34mm, 16.70 gm, 12h). Choice AU. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on rearing horses right, each holding palm branch and wearing pileus, monogram before. Bopearachchi Série 6W. SNG ANS 469. Minor reverse porosity, otherwise an impressive piece, well-struck on an immense flan.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1500 USD
GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (34mm, 16.70 gm, 12h). Choice AU. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on rearing horses right, each holding palm branch and wearing pileus, monogram before. Bopearachchi Série 6W. SNG ANS 469. Minor reverse porosity, otherwise an impressive piece, well-struck on an immense flan.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1500 USD