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BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.48 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, edge chip. Draped, cuirassed bust of Eucratides I right, seen from front, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY / ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on horses prancing right, both with couched spear in right hand, palm over shoulder in left; HΔP monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6W var. (monogram to right). HGC 12, 131. Iridescent toning.

From The Peh Family Collection, Part IV. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 387 (23 September 2005), lot 12086.


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22nd Thursday 9:50 am CT
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22nd-23rd Thursday-Friday
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This lot is in: 1 - The Peh Family Collection, Part IV Session
(Lots 35001-35220) - 10:00 AM Central Time, Thursday, January 22, 2026.
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