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NYINC Signature Sale 3037 Sess. 2-4 5 January 2015
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GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Euthydemus II (ca. 185-180 BC). AR tetradrachm (34mm, 16.95 gm, 12h). Diademed and draped bust of Euthydemus right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ EYΘYΔΗMΟY, Heracles standing facing, holding wreath, club, and lion skin; monogram to left. Bopearachchi 1C. Bopearachchi & Rahman 142. SNG ANS 216. Rare! Boldly struck on an exceptionally broad flan from dies of exquisite style. NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5.From The California Collection. Ex JMG Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 55, 13 September 2000), lot 827.Euthydemus II was evidently the son of Demetrius I, the great Greco-Bactrian king whose conquests pushed deep into Northern India and enlarged the realm to its greatest territorial extent. He seems to have ruled jointly with his father, but apparently did not succeed him, as all of his rare coins depict him as a young boy.
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
GRECO-BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Euthydemus II (ca. 185-180 BC). AR tetradrachm (34mm, 16.95 gm, 12h). Diademed and draped bust of Euthydemus right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ EYΘYΔΗMΟY, Heracles standing facing, holding wreath, club, and lion skin; monogram to left. Bopearachchi 1C. Bopearachchi & Rahman 142. SNG ANS 216. Rare! Boldly struck on an exceptionally broad flan from dies of exquisite style. NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5.From The California Collection. Ex JMG Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 55, 13 September 2000), lot 827.Euthydemus II was evidently the son of Demetrius I, the great Greco-Bactrian king whose conquests pushed deep into Northern India and enlarged the realm to its greatest territorial extent. He seems to have ruled jointly with his father, but apparently did not succeed him, as all of his rare coins depict him as a young boy.
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD