First Bilingual Issue of Eukratides I

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 256. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Drachm (2.42 g, 12h). Bilingual issue. BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY EYKPATIΔOY, diademed and draped bust right, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; all within bead-and-reel border / “Rajasa mahatakasa Evukratidasa” in Kharosthi, the Dioskouroi, nude, standing facing, each holding spear, pellet between; monogram to left. Bopearachchi 17B; Bopearachchi & Rahman 265 (same obv. die); SNG ANS -. Good VF, light porosity , obverse struck with worn die. Good quality metal. Extremely rare.