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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DBDc80, post: 4012922, member: 84525&quot;]So....recently got a new phone and am practicing taking coin pics. I&#039;ve had this one since last year....so not a new acquisition. I posted this coin upon winning it in Roma&#039;s e-sale last May. However, when i shot these photos tonight...i just had to share.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eucratides reigned the Bactrian Kingdom from approximately 170-145 B.C. Eucratides created his own dynasty by casting out the Euthydemid Dynasty...thus setting his person (and heirs) upon the Bactrian throne. Like his contemporaries, the Parthians, the Bactrian kings suffer from their reigns and accompishments being relatively lost to history. It is because of coins such as this, that we can glean things from their reigns, as well as the lines of succession....which, otherwise, may have been lost to history. It has been speculated, however, that the reign of Eucratides was of some degree of consequence, for there are several types of his silver portrait coins. The coins, hefty, and almost medallic in nature, are considered by some to be some of the most beautiful remnants of the Hellenistic Era (who am i to disagree). In spite of his attempt to secure a firm lineage in Bactria, Eucratides was killed by a seemingly unappreciative son, Eucratides II, or perhaps by his other son, Heliocles I. Upon his death, it is said that his body was dragged upon the street by his own chariot....but like many things from times so long ago, we may never know....feel free to post your Bactrians everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>Eucratides the Great</p><p>AR Tetradrachm ca. 170-145 B.C.</p><p>24mm 16.56gm</p><p>Ex. Roma e-sale 56</p><p>May, 2019[ATTACH=full]1055661[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1055662[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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