Live auction - bgr_829805 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - EUCRATIDES II Tétradrachme

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - EUCRATIDES II Tétradrachme AU

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Estimate :	950 €
Price :	500 €
Maximum bid :	500 €
End of the sale :	06 June 2023 14:27:23
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Tétradrachme

Date: c. 145-140 AC.

Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain

Metal : silver

Diameter : 30,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 16,45 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Joli buste. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

Mit.164 m - B.5 I, pl. 22 - GC.7567 (Eucratide Ier) - ANS.623

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé d’Eucratide Ier à droite, entouré de la stemma.

Reverse

Reverse description : Apollon nu debout à gauche, le manteau flottant sur les épaule, tenant une flèche de la main droite et appuyé de la main gauche sur son arc.

Reverse legend : BASILEWS// EUKRATIDOU// (HA).

Reverse translation : (du roi Eucratide).

Historical background

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - EUCRATIDES II

(145-140 BC)

It is up to O. Bopearachchi to have confirmed the existence of two Eucratids. He has completely revised the chronology of these kings who reigned on the borders of Hellenism, at the gates of India, on the borders of present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Eucratides I died assassinated by one of his sons around 145 BC. Was Eucratides II this one? He reigned for about five years over the kingdom of Bactria. He is a contemporary of Heliocles.