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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rashtrakut, post: 545995, member: 17797&quot;]<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/EucratidesStatere.jpg/619px-EucratidesStatere.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gold 20-stater of Eucratides, the largest gold coin ever minted in Antiquity. The coin weighs 169.2 grams, and has a diameter of 58 millimeters.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe there is only one known example that sits in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p>A good read on the history of the coin is <a href="http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199403/a.history.in.silver.and.gold.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199403/a.history.in.silver.and.gold.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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