Commemorative coin of Euthydemos from Agathokles of Bactria

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Antoine Simonin
by Wildwinds.com, courtesy of cngcoins.com. Republished with permission
published on 26 April 2012
Commemorative coin of Euthydemos from Agathokles of Bactria Download Full Size Image

Agathokles of Bactria. Circa 185-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm.

Commemorative issue struck for Euthydemos I.
Obverse: diademed head of Euthydemos I right. EYΘYΔEMOY ΘEOY (= "of Euthydemos the God")

Reverse: Herakles seated left on rock, holding in his right hand a club set on rocks beside his knee; monogram to right of rock. BAΣIΛEYONTOΣ ΔIKAIOY AΓAΘOKΛEOYΣ (="Agathocles ruling in a rightfull way")

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