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Tetradrachm of Eukratides I of Baktria (forgery?)

Tetradrachm of Eukratides I of Baktria (forgery?)

r. c. 170-145 BCE

Eukratides I

Graeco-Bactrian

Obv.: Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear. Rev.: Dioscuri on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left.

Silver

Hellenistic period, Middle

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