Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Plato Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 145-140 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Plato to right; bead-and-reel border around / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ ΠΛATΩNOΣ, radiate figure of Helios standing in facing quadriga, holding sceptre in right hand, reins in left; MT monogram in right field. Cf. Bopearachchi 1A; Bopearachchi & Rahman 288 var. (monogram to left); Qunduz 388 var. (same); SNG ANS 627 (same obv. die); Mitchiner Type 198a (same obv. die as first illustrated coin); HGC 12, 165. 16.85g, 34mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; one of the chief rarities of the Baktrian series, and one of only three examples offered in the past decade of which just one was of this variety, with the present example being considerably superior.
From the Oxus Collection (Denmark).