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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 654. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. KINGS of BAKTRIA. Eukratides I. Circa 
                                171-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.78 gm, 12h). 
                                Estimate $3000 Sold For $3000 

                              KINGS of BAKTRIA. Eukratides I. Circa 171-145 BC. 
                              AR Tetradrachm (16.78 gm, 12h). BASILEUS MEGAS 
                              EUKRATIDHS, diademed and draped bust right, 
                              wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / 
                              HLIOKLEOUS KAI LAODIKHS, Jugate draped busts of 
                              Heliokles and Laodike, diademed, right; monogram 
                              behind. Bopearachchi Série 15A; SNG ANS 526; MIG 
                              Type 182a; MACW 1725. Near EF, toned. ($3000)

                              Eukratides was a usurper who succesfully 
                              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.








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