Lot 3201
Kingdom of Bactria. Euthydemos I, c. 230-190 BC. Gold Stater (8.46g). Diademed head of Euthydemos right. Reverse: Herakles seated with club in hand, the right resting on a rock ledge. SNG ANS--; BMC--; Bopearachchi--. Cf. Gorny & Mosch 155, March 2007, lot 163 (same dies). Extremely Rare, only the third known example. Extremely Fine.
A wonderful portrait style of a mature Euthydemos with a furrowed brow. A similar example from the same dies was published by O. Boperachchi in ONS Newsletter 165, Autumn 2000.
Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000.
From Roma Auction II, lot 367.
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