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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 6288910, member: 110226"]Here's another candidate. I am photographing my collection on a less-than-systematic basis, so logically this coin came up next.</p><p><br /></p><p>What can be said? Well, this coin is another old friend from the early nineties, also from Harlan Berk. I have seen other tetradrachms of Eukratides I, but this example has always been the standard that I use for comparison. In style, condition and in execution it is a wonderful coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bactria, 171-135 BC</p><p>Eukratides I</p><p>Tetradrachm</p><p>Obverse: Eukratides I facing right, wearing a helmet that looks a lot like a very early pith helmet.</p><p>Reverse: The Dioscuri on horseback riding right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY / EYKPATIΔOY, monogram at right.</p><p>Bopearachchi - Series 6, 51; Mitchiner 1.177dd</p><p>31.5mm, 12 h.</p><p>17.0 grams </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1249233[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 6288910, member: 110226"]Here's another candidate. I am photographing my collection on a less-than-systematic basis, so logically this coin came up next. What can be said? Well, this coin is another old friend from the early nineties, also from Harlan Berk. I have seen other tetradrachms of Eukratides I, but this example has always been the standard that I use for comparison. In style, condition and in execution it is a wonderful coin. Bactria, 171-135 BC Eukratides I Tetradrachm Obverse: Eukratides I facing right, wearing a helmet that looks a lot like a very early pith helmet. Reverse: The Dioscuri on horseback riding right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY / EYKPATIΔOY, monogram at right. Bopearachchi - Series 6, 51; Mitchiner 1.177dd 31.5mm, 12 h. 17.0 grams [ATTACH=full]1249233[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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