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BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 16.96 gm, 11h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5. Draped and cuirassed bust of Eucratides I right, seen from side, wearing crested Bactrian helmet decorated with bull's horn and ear; bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY / ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on horses prancing right, both with couched spear in right hand, palm in left over shoulder; ΔΝΦ monogram in lower right field. HGC 12, 131. Bopearachchi 6F. Struck from high-relief dies on bright and flashy flan with a touch of golden toning.
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Estimate: 1000-2000 USD
BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 16.96 gm, 11h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5. Draped and cuirassed bust of Eucratides I right, seen from side, wearing crested Bactrian helmet decorated with bull's horn and ear; bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY / ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on horses prancing right, both with couched spear in right hand, palm in left over shoulder; ΔΝΦ monogram in lower right field. HGC 12, 131. Bopearachchi 6F. Struck from high-relief dies on bright and flashy flan with a touch of golden toning.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 1000-2000 USD