Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Tetradrachm - Eucratides I
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
|---|---|
| Year | 170 BC - 145 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A helmeted cavalry figure, identified as the Dioscuri or as Eucratides himself as a heroic horseman, gallops to the right, armed with a long spear levelled in attack; the horse is rendered in dynamic motion with raised forelegs. Above the central device, the Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ is inscribed in two lines, and below, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ completes the royal titulature reading 'of King Eucratides.' A palm branch and control symbol appear in the field to the right. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. The composition reflects the vigorous Hellenistic style typical of Baktrian royal coinage. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |