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munten (c. 225-200 BC)

Image of the obverse. tetradrachm. Inventory number:RE-00003 Image of the reverse. tetradrachm. Inventory number:RE-00003

tetradrachm

Inventory number:RE-00003

Tags:

munten vervalsing
Group
-
Current country
Afghanistan
Status or function
vervalsing, modern
Political unit
Greek states
Political state
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom
Authority
Euthydemos I (225-200 BC)
Dating
c. 225-200 BC
Production site
uncertain mint in Bactria
Mint master
-
Designer
-
Countermark
-
Serie
-
Serial number
-
Catalogues
Hoover Vol. 12.39; Wheeler 6; BMC. 6; NC. 1951, blz. 25,4
Subject
-

Properties

Size, diameter/horizontal (mm)
29.4
Size, vertical (mm)
-
Material
silver
Mass (gr)
15.93

Obverse

Image

diademed head of Euthydemos I, facing right; dotted border.

Text

-

Reverse

Image

Herakles seated facing left on rock, holding club; dotted border; monogram to right.

Text

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟ[Υ]

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