YUEZHI. Anonymous. Early-mid 1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 8.76 g, 12h). Imitating a tetradrachn of Euthydemos I of Baktria. Uncertain mint in Sogdiana. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 328.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

Central Asian, Silver

Estimate: $ 750

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YUEZHI. Anonymous. Early-mid 1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 8.76 g, 12h). Imitating a tetradrachn of Euthydemos I of Baktria. Uncertain mint in Sogdiana. Bust right, wearing diadem and headdress with earflaps / Herakles seated left on highly schematized stool or rock outcropping, holding club on knee; m’lht y’vg (great yabghu in Sogdian Aramaic) around. Senior A18.5T; ATEC 1654; ANS Kushan –; HGC 12, p. 189. Toned with iridescence, traces of deposits, minor porosity. Good VF.


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