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Tetradrachm - Eukratides I
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 170 BC - 145 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (170 BC - 145 BC) |
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Eukratides I seized the Baktrian throne through civil war, overthrowing the Euthydemid dynasty sometime around 170 BC, and went on to become arguably the most militarily aggressive ruler the Greek East produced. Ancient sources credit him with campaigning against as many as a thousand towns. His reign ended when his own son murdered him — reportedly driving a chariot over the body — an act so notorious that Justin recorded it with open disgust.
The tetradrachm series attributed to his reign is among the most extensively die-studied of any Hellenistic coinage, owing to the sheer volume of issues he produced to fund continuous military operations across Baktria and into the Indian subcontinent.