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ID:     80000405
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     GRAECO-BACTRIAN & INDO-GREEK
Issuer:     Plato
Date Ruled:     Circa 145-140 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Weight:     16.70 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     Diademed and draped bust right, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΘΑΝΟΥΣ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ
Reverse Description:     Helios standing facing in quadriga; MT monogram to upper right, MZ in exergue
Exergue:     MZ
Primary Reference:     Bopearachchi Série 03A
Reference2:     MIG Type 197
Reference3:     SNG ANS 631 (same obv. die)
Reference4:     Bopearachchi & Rahman -; Qunduz 381 (same dies)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132628
Notes:     Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 405 Extremely rare and the first to appear since the specimen in the Wahler Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XXV, 29 November 1990, lot 234).