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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side. 

Tetradrachm of Euthydemos I of Baktria

r. c. 230-200 BCE

Euthydemos I

Graeco-Bactrian

Obv.: Head of Euthydemus I right, diademed, with receding hairline and sagging jowls. Rev.: Heracles, naked, seated on pile of rocks, holding club resting on rocks in right hand.

Silver

Hellenistic period, Middle

Coins