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NYINC Signature Sale 3030 5-6 January 2014
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GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.88 gm, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on rearing horses right, each holding palm branch and wearing pileus, monogram before. Bopearachchi Série 6X. SNG ANS 472. High relief, with some minor flan cracks on reverse. NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5.
Estimate: 3000-4000 USD
GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.88 gm, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on rearing horses right, each holding palm branch and wearing pileus, monogram before. Bopearachchi Série 6X. SNG ANS 472. High relief, with some minor flan cracks on reverse. NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5.
Estimate: 3000-4000 USD