EUCRATIDES I Bactrian Ancient BRONZE Indo-Greek Coin with Dioscuri, 13.5gr LE739

Description: INDO-GREEK SILVER ANCIENT COIN, BACTRIA. Bactria: Eucratides I, Bronze tetradrachm, c. 171-145 BCE Diademed bust of king facing right, bead and reel border around / Dioscuri riding horses prancing right, carrying spears and palms Greek legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYKPATIΔOY (of King Eucratides) On his coin reverse, Eucratides chose to place the Dioscuri, the sons of Zeus, Castor and Pollux. Quite possibly, this was to emphasize his own royal ancestry. The monolingual coinage used only Greek legends and conformed to the Attic weight standard. Presumably, it was issued in Bactria, north of the Hindu Kush mountains. The bare-headed, diademed coinage seems to have been the initial coinage of Eucratides and appears to have had a relatively short issue period, to be replaced by the more common and famous helmeted bust. PLEASE VISIT MY STORE AND FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTION. THANK YOU! Inventory #LE739 THE COIN HAS NOT BEEN APPRAISED Eucratides IAR circa 140 BC THIS IS A VERY SCARCE BRONZE COIN . WE ARE SELLING OUR COIN COLLECTION. CONSTANTLY WE ARE LISTING NEW COINS. EACH ONE IS A TREASURE FOUND! ... SOME HISTORY ... Kingdom of Baktria Bactria, part of present-day Afghanistan, was at the easternmost extreme of the ancient Greek world and an important link between Greece in the west and India and China to the east. Alexander the Great marched through it on his way to India, and Roxanna, one of its princesses, became his wife. After Alexander’s death in 323 BC Bactria was ruled by Seleucus and then by his son, Antiochus, who founded new Greek towns, a new capital city (Bactra, or Balkh), and military colonies, doing all that he could to Hellenize the region. In 250 BC, the Seleucid satrap, Diodotus, revolted against the Seleucid king Antiochus I and established the independent kingdom of Bactria. For the following century, Bactria struck a variety of purely Hellenic yet distinctive coins with vivid portraits of kings on their obverse and Greek divinities on their reverse. Lacking other archeological evidence, these coins have become an important source of information about the Indo-Bactrian civilization. BEAUTIFUL DESIGN! LOOK AT THE PICTURES. ALL DETAILS OF THE COIN ARE SHOWN PERFECTLY, CONSIDERING IT'S AGE . IT'S A REAL TREASURE FOR YOUR COLLECTION! PLEASE VISIT MY STORE TO FIND MORE TREASURES AND FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTION. THANK YOU!!!Possible reproduction. The coin has not been appraised.

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