Live auction - bgr_385766 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - EUCRATIDES I Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 4 500 € |
| Price : | 3 030 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 830 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 April 2016 14:22:55 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bactres, Bactriane
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,03 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec la stemma presque complète. Très beau portrait d’Eucratide Ier de haut relief. Revers magnifique où tous les détails sont visibles. Patine gris métallique avec des reflets dorés. Conserve son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, cornu, drapé et cuirassé à droite, entouré de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Les Dioscures galopant à droite, tenant chacun une javeline ; dans le champ à droite, une javeline.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS MEGALOU// EUKRATIDOU// (DIFU).
Reverse translation : (du grand roi Eucratide).
Commentary
Marque de magistrat dans le champ à droite comme pour l’exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de La BnF (B. 28, pl. 17) et que celui de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 465, pl. 22).
Historical background
BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - EUCRATIDES I
(170-145 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 succeeded in maintaining himself for more than 30 years in a fragmented state where numerous usurpations took place, including that of Menander. Eucratides I was assassinated in 145 by one of his sons. The type with a helmeted bust and the Dioscuri on the reverse is well known from the gold coin of 20 staters, weighing 169.20 g and which is the largest preserved Greek gold coin. It was bought for 30,000 gold francs in 1867 on the personal cassette of Napoleon III and is kept in the Cabinet des Médailles in Paris..
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