Ancients
GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.95 gm, 11h). Greek., 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 behind. Bopearachchi Série 6X variant (monogram on left instead of right). SNG ANS 472 variant (same). Struck in high relief in choice metal. Good Extremely Fine. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Stack's (New York, 8 December 1993), lot 2112.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD