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1 Tetradrachm Euthydem imitation, Sogdiana, Sogdian legend left and Greek legend right

Issuer Sogdian Kingdom
Year 160 BC - 140 BC
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Value Tetradrachm (4)
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Obverse description Diademed male bust facing right, rendered in a somewhat schematic Sogdian imitative style derived from the Bactrian prototype of Euthydemus I. The effigy displays curly hair bound by a diadem, with coarse but expressive facial features including a prominent nose and strongly modeled chin. The neck is draped, and the bust is set within a beaded border. The overall style reflects local Central Asian die-cutting traditions, departing from the refined Hellenistic naturalism of the original Bactrian Greek prototype.
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Reverse description Nude Heracles seated left upon a rocky outcrop, holding a club upright in his right hand, in the manner derived from the reverse type of Euthydemus I of Bactria. The figure is rendered in a schematized imitative style characteristic of Sogdian provincial coinage. An uncertain Sogdian legend appears to the left of the figure, while a partially legible and distorted Greek legend is placed to the right. The overall composition closely follows the Hellenistic prototype but exhibits the degraded die-cutting typical of local Central Asian imitations.
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