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Sale 104
June 10-13 2018 Pre Long Beach Sale
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Lot 3202 |
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Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I. Silver Tetradrachm (16.65 g), ca. 230-200 BC. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum), ca. 220/15-210/08 BC. Lauareate head with braided hair of Euthydemos I facing right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYΘYΔHMO[Y], Herakles seated left on rock, holding club set on rocks; in inner right field, monogram. Kritt A12; Bopearachchi 5B; SNG ANS 124-7. Rare. Struck on a slightly porous planchet. Untoned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $600 - 700
From the Ora Eads Collection Ex CNG 39 (18 September 1996), 853.
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Lot 3203 |
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Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Silver Tetradrachm (16.85 g), ca. 171-145 BC. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Eukratides I right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY EYKPATIΔOY, the Dioskouroi, each holding palm branch and couched lance, on horses rearing right; in lower right field, monogram. Bopearachchi 6E; SNG ANS 465. Boadly struck on a huge, broad flan. A tiny planchet flaw in right obverse field. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $800 - 900
From the Ora Eads Collection Ex CNG/NAC 40 (4 December 1996), 1133.
Eukratides I is notable as one of the very few Graeco-Baktrian and Indo-Greek kings for whom we have historical evidence outside of coins. He revolted against the reigning Demetrios II in ca. 171 BC, but soon found himself besieged by Demetrios at the head of a 60,000-strong army. According to Justin, through repeated sorties, Eukratides used his small force of 300 men to raise the siege and gain victory after four months. He then crossed the Hindu Kush, conquering parts of western India. Unfortunately, his dramatic reign came to a violent end when his son murdered him, reportedly coldly driving his chariot through his blood. The enduring popularity of Eukratides' Dioskouroi reverse type may be gauged by its continued use by several of his Indo-Greek successors, its imitation by non-Greek peoples in Sogdiana and Baktria, and its incorporation into the seal of the modern Da Afghanistan Bank (founded 1939).
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$780 |
Lot 3204 |
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Indo-Greek Kingdoms, Hermaios, c. 105-90 BC. Silver Indic Tetradrachm (9.56g). BAΣILEΩΣ ΣOTHPOΣ EPMAIOY, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hermaios right, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear. Reverse: Kharosthi inscription, Zeus enthroned facing 3/4 left, extending right hand and holding scepter in left; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 4D; HGC 12, 291. Rare helmeted head, with a fine portrait reminiscent of the much earlier coins of Eukratides. Deeply struck on a broad flan of bright, untoned metal. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,250
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$660 |
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