Live auction - bgr_884384 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - EUTHYDEMUS Unité
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Live starting : Type : Unité
Date: c. 225-200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bactres, Bactriane
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Portrait de toute beauté, bien venu à la frappe. Champs lissés (smoothed). Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue d’Héraklès à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ EUQUDHMOU
Reverse translation : (du roi Euthydémos).
Historical background
BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - EUTHYDEMUS
(c. 230-200 BC)
Euthydemos ousted Diodotus II, the son of Diodotus I, the first usurper in Bactria, who revolted against the authority of Antiochus II Theos (261-346 BC) around 250 BC The reign of Euthydemos was long and he had to face during his reign, Antiochus III the Great who fought him in Bactria and besieged Balkh in 208 BC. The Seleucid sovereign recognized the independence of the secessionist satrapy. At the end of his reign, Sogdiana separated from Bactria. Demetrius, already associated with the throne by his father succeeded Euthydemos.
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