Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXV 22-23 Sep 2022
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Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Eukratides I Megas AR Tetradrachm. Circa 170-145 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right / The Dioskouroi on horses prancing to right, each holding spear and palm; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ below, Δ (mark of value) in lower right field, monogram in upper left field. Bopearachchi 1C; Bopearachchi & Rahman 231; Mitchiner 168f var. (no Δ and monogram to right); SNG ANS -; Qunduz 115-6 var. (different monogram, location of Δ and monogram swapped); HGC 12, 130. 17.00g, 37mm, 12h.
Near Mint State; stunning cabinet tone, struck on a massive planchet of medallic proportions. Very Rare; one of fewer than a dozen specimens offered at auction in the past twenty years.
From the Oxus Collection.
In light of the discovery of a previously unknown pentadrachm of Eukratides (the previous lot in this sale) bearing the denominational mark E (=5), it seems inescapable that the Δ present on this issue and the A on lots 578-9 must be marks of value (Δ=4, A =1).
Near Mint State; stunning cabinet tone, struck on a massive planchet of medallic proportions. Very Rare; one of fewer than a dozen specimens offered at auction in the past twenty years.
From the Oxus Collection.
In light of the discovery of a previously unknown pentadrachm of Eukratides (the previous lot in this sale) bearing the denominational mark E (=5), it seems inescapable that the Δ present on this issue and the A on lots 578-9 must be marks of value (Δ=4, A =1).