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Æ Chalkon- Euthydemos I
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 225 BC - 195 BC |
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| Weight | 1.91 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (225 BC - 195 BC) |
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Euthydemos I seized the Baktrian throne by overthrowing Diodotos II, founding a dynasty that would outlast almost every other successor kingdom east of the Euphrates. His rule faced its most dangerous test when Antiochos III marched east during his anabasis and besieged Euthydemos at Baktra for two full years — a siege that ultimately failed, ending in a negotiated peace in which Antiochos recognized Euthydemos's legitimacy in exchange for war elephants and supplies.
Bop 19A places this small bronze among the issues tied to that prolonged reign, circulating across a region where Greek coinage competed with local traditions stretching back through the Achaemenids to far earlier.