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Tetradrachm - Euthydemos II Baktra
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 185 BC - 180 BC |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Euthydemos II facing right, rendered in finely modelled high relief in the Hellenistic portrait tradition. The king's curly hair is bound by a royal diadem with flowing ties visible behind the neck, and the truncation of the draped bust is clearly articulated. The youthful, idealised facial features exhibit strong Hellenistic craftsmanship, with a prominent aquiline nose and well-defined chin. The entire effigy is contained within a carefully executed beaded border, with the flat field left unlettered. |
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| Reverse description | Nude, youthful standing figure of Dionysos facing, positioned centrally on a small ground line. The deity holds a thyrsus — the characteristic staff of Dionysos — in his left hand and extends his right hand forward holding a kantharos or cluster of grapes. A monogram, likely a mint or magistrate control mark, appears in the lower left field beside the figure. The Greek royal legend is disposed in two vertical columns flanking the central figure, reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to the right and ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ to the left, enclosed within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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