EUKRATIDES I silver obol (circa 170-145 BC)

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. EUKRATIDES I silver obol (circa 170-145 BC)

struck circa 170-162.

Obverse : Diademed and draped bust of Eukratides I to right.

Reverse : ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ – ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ Caps of the Dioskouroi, each with palm frond; below, monogram.

Bopearachchi 3F. HGC 12, 138.

Baktra mint

11 mm

0.67 g.

This coin is part of Eukratides’ first issue, with a youthful diademed portrait of particularly fine style and the plain title ‘King’. In later years, Eukratides would commemorate his outstanding military successes by wearing a horned Macedonian helmet and calling himself ‘Great King’ on his coins.