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| Davissons, Ltd. > E-Auction 53 | Auction date: 8 July 2026 |
| Lot number: 91 Price realized: 2,750 USD (Approx. 2,411 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: BAKTRIA. Indo-Greek Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 16.81 gm. 32 mm. Diademed and His draped bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY around, EYKPATIΔOY in exergue, the Dioskouroi, wearing cloak and tunic, each cradling palm frond in their left arm and holding couched spear in their right hand, on horses rearing right; monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6E, 28-29. SNG ANS 465. MIG Type 177ee. HGC 12, 131. Good Extremely Fine; lightly iridescent tone; crisp and attractive; a few minor small marks. Choice. The Peter Bartlett Collection. Ex CNG 35 (20 September 1995) lot 440. Perhaps the greatest of the Greco-Bakrian kings, Eukratides Megas systematically defeated the other Baktrian rulers and annexed their realms, with the apparent exception of Menander I Soter, ruler of northern India. His classic image wearing a broad-brimmed helmet spread throughout the Hellenistic states far to the west, and he appears in historical records of the time by the second century AD historian Justin, who wrote "He was killed on his march by his son, with whom he had shared his throne, and who...far from concealing the murder...drove his chariot through his blood, and ordered his body to be cast out unburied." It is not known which of his three sons (Eukratides II, Plato, or Heliokles I) killed him. Estimate: 2500 USD |  |
