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Tetradrachm - Euthydemos II Merv
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 185 BC - 180 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Euthydemos II almost certainly never ruled independently — most scholarship treats him as a co-regent or junior king under his father Demetrios I, which makes the very existence of this issue a matter of ongoing debate about Baktrian dynastic succession. The Merv mint attribution is significant: Merv (ancient Margiana) sat at a critical junction on routes pushing toward Parthia, and control of its mint output was a strategic assertion as much as an administrative one. The SNG ANS 217-218 specimens remain the anchor for this type's attribution, with Bopearachchi's die study suggesting a very compressed production window.