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Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Plato AR Tetradrachm. Circa 145-140 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ, radiate figure of Helios standing facing on quadriga; monogram to left. Bopearachchi 1; SNG ANS 628; Mitchiner 198; Qunduz 388; HGC 12, 165. 16.82g, 34mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.
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.
Near Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.
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.