Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Eucratides I 6.3, Tetradrachm, Silver, 170–135 BC. Obverse: bust of eucratides i, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear buste d'eucratides ier,. Reverse: dioscuri on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left. Weight about 16.4 g, diameter 30.3 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 16.45g (4) |
| ruler | Eucratides I of Bactria | diameter | ⌀30.3 (2) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 12↕ (2) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Roman Provincial | dataset |
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obverse
Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear Buste d'Eucratides Ier,
reverse
Dioscuri on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left
controlmarks
Monogram 117
Monogram 117
specimens (3)
British Museum
16.89g
British Museum
16.59g
NNC (DNB)
15.99g
⌀33.5
12↕
Cite this coin
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Eucratides I 6.3 (bigr.eucratides_i.6.3), 170–135 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/bactrian-and-indo-greek-coinage-eucratides-i-63/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA