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Drachm - Euthydemos I Theos Megas
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 230 BC - 200 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Euthydemos I seized the Baktrian throne by overthrowing Diodotos II around 230 BC, then spent years defending it against Antiochos III, who invaded with a substantial Seleukid force circa 208 BC. The siege of Baktra dragged on for two years before Antiochos accepted terms — recognizing Euthydemos as a legitimate king rather than a rebel. The epithet Theos Megas, "Great God," appears on this coinage as a posthumous honorific, almost certainly applied by his son Demetrios I to bolster dynastic legitimacy after succession.