1956.181: Tetradrachm of Eukratides I of Baktria (forgery?)
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1956.181
- People
-
Eukratides I, Greek (r. c. 170-145 BCE)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Eukratides I of Baktria (forgery?)
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 170-135 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Bactria
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Middle
- Culture
- Graeco-Bactrian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180635
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.91 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Bop., Eucratide I 6E
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, William M .Prichard Fund
- Accession Year
- 1956
- Object Number
- 1956.181
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear.
Rev.: Dioscuri on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left.
Verification Level
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