Eukratídēs Ist - c.171-145 BC. - AE35, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

  EUKRATIDES Ist - (c.172/171-145 BC.) Baktria, Indo-Greek Kings. 

• Value: Obol or Medallion ?
• D/ Heroic bust left, wearing helmet and brandishing spear. His titles at top and name under bust.
• Lettering: “BASILEUS MEGAS EUKRATIDHS" 
• R/ Jugate draped busts of Heliokles and Laodike, diademed, right; monogram behind. Their names at top and under busts, a monogram behind.
• Lettering: "HLIOKLEOUS KAI LAODIKHS"
• Metal: Æ 32/34 mm. - 14 g.
• Grade: VG/

- Comments:
Eukratides was a usurper who successfully challenged Antimachos II and Demetrios II for the throne. While from a noble family, he was not the son of a previous Baktrian king, as evidenced by the fact that his mother, Laodike, wears the royal diadem but his father, Heliokles, does not. To  strengthen his position, and declare his intentions of founding a dynasty, he struck his "pedigree" coinage, naming his parents.

Collection : Ancient World Coins