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ID:     754454
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     GRAECO-BACTRIAN & INDO-GREEK
Issuer:     Eukratides I
Date Ruled:     Circa 171-145 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Date Struck:     BC Circa 171-145
Weight:     16.92 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     BASILEUS MEGAS EUKRATIDHS, heroic bust left, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear, seen from behind, brandishing spear in his right hand
Reverse Description:     HLIOKLEOUS KAI LAODIKHS, jugate draped busts of Heliokles and Laodike, diademed, right; monogram behind
Primary Reference:     Bopearachchi Série 16A
Reference2:     SNG ANS 526
Reference3:     MIG Type 184a
Reference4:     MACW -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=66942
Grade:     Superb EF, toned, slight obverse die shift
Notes:     Very rare. Ex Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 346.Eukratides was a usurper who successfully challenged Antimachos II and Demetrios II for the throne. While from a noble family, he was not the son of a previous Baktrian king, as evidenced by the fact that his mother, Laodike, wears the royal diadem but his father, Heliokles, does not. To strengthen his position, and declare his intentions of founding a dynasty, he struck his "pedigree" coinage, naming his parents.