Ancients
GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (35mm, 16.94 gm, 12h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Bust of Eucratides right wearing broad-brimmed Bactrian helmet ornamented with ox's horn and ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛoY EYKPATIΔoY, the Dioscuri on rearing horses right, each holding palm branch and wearing pileus, monogram behind. HGC 12, 131. Bopearachchi Série 6W variant (monogram placement). SNG ANS 469 variant (same). Boldly struck on an immense flan, with pleasing gray-brown toning.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-1750 USD