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Monnaie de Bactriane, Eucratide I, pile
2nd century BC
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b8510709q
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
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About this work
Gold 20-stater of Eucratides, the largest known gold coin from Antiquity. The coin weighs 169.2 grams, and has a diameter of 58 millimeters. It was originally found in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, and later acquired by Napoleon III. Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.
