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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     721038      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Ancient East Region:     GRAECO-BACTRIAN & INDO-GREEK Issuer:     Eukratides I Date Ruled:     Circa 171-145 BC Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     Quadruple Unit Weight:     15.80 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Description:     Diademed and draped bust right, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear Reverse Description:     BASILEWS MEGALOU EUKRATIDOU, the Dioskouroi on rearing horses right, holding palms and spears; A above T monogram in lower right field Primary Reference:     Bopearachchi Série 11 Reference2:     Bopearachchi and Rahman 262 Reference3:     SNG ANS - Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84806 Grade:     VF, dark green patina, rough Notes:     Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1038 Very rare. Lots 1037-1039 offer new evidence for the monolingual and bilingual issues, as well as a clearer reading of those issues. In his SÉrie 11, Bopearachchi only accounted for a monolingual quadruple unit (lot 1038). Lot 1037, a monolingual octuple unit, unknown to Bopearachchi at the time, must also be included in SÉrie 11. Likewise, the clearer monograms on these lots corrects Bopearachchi’s earlier reading, which was based on the poorly preserved specimens that were available to him.No bilingual octuples with the Dioskouroi on the reverse were known when Bopearachchi published his catalogue in 1991. Since then, three specimens have appeared: two examples from the Mir Zakah II Hoard and one reported in an ANS Newsletter (Winter 1993), p. 4. Lot 1039 is the fourth, and the only one with a clear monogram. The great rarity of the bilingual octuples indicates that the issue was short-lived.

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