The New York Sale 2026 Ancient & World

A Superb Heroic Bust Tetradrachm

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1146 Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas (ca. 171-145 BC). Silver Tetradrachm (17.04 g). Heroic bust left, diademed and wearing a helmet adorned with a bull’s horn and ear, seen from behind, brandishing spear in right hand, bead and reel border. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛoY around, EYKPATIΔoY in exergue, the Dioskouroi, holding palm fronds and spears, on horses rearing right; monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 8b; Bopearachchi & Rahman 255; MIG Type 179a; SNG ANS 485; HGC 12, 132; MACW 1718. Well-centered and lustrous. In NGC holder graded Ch AU* ; Strike 5/5; Surface 4/5, Fine Style.

$15,000

NGC Certification Number 8213553-003