Bactrian kingdom

Mints

The Bactrian Kingdom was – along with the Indo-Greek Kingdom – the easternmost part of the Hellenistic world, covering Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asia from 250 to 125 BC. Diodotus, the satrap of Bactria (and probably the surrounding provinces) founded the Bactrian Kingdom when he seceded from the Seleucid Empire around 250 BC and became King Diodotus I of Bactria.

Die Studies

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
S 850 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus I), silver, tetradrachms (255-235 BCE) Bordeaux	Silver	18,551 kg
S 851 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus I), silver, drachms (255-235 BCE) Bordeaux	Silver	5,200 kg
S 2058 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus I and II), silver, drachms (255-220 BCE) Kovalenko	Silver	3,760 kg
S 852 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus I), silver, hemidrachms (255-235 BCE) Bordeaux	Silver	7,412 kg
S 857 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I), silver, tetradrachms (235-190 BCE)	Silver	73,611 kg
S 858 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I), silver, drachms (235-190 BCE)	Silver	2,732 kg
S 863 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I), gold, staters (235-220 BCE)	Gold	39,127 kg
S 864 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I), bronze, 2 units (235-198 BCE)	Bronze
S 865 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I), bronze, units (235-198 BCE) Bordeaux	Bronze
S 859 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I), silver, hemidrachms (225-190 BCE)	Silver	451 kg
S 860 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I), silver, obols (206-185 BCE)	Silver	2,471 kg
S 861 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I), silver, hemiobols (206-185 BCE)	Silver	109 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
3490 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I) (tetradrachm Euthydemus/Heracles) over Diodotus I (Euthydemus/Zeus) (CNG, 58, Sept. 2001, 849)		Silver	225 BC ^JL
18623 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Demetrius II) (tetradrachm Demetrius/Athena) over Antiochus I? (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 99, May 2015, 414)		Silver	175 BC ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3490 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I) (tetradrachm Euthydemus/Heracles) over Diodotus I (Euthydemus/Zeus) (CNG, 58, Sept. 2001, 849)		Silver	225 BC ^JL
2754 - Hecatompylus (Mithridates I) (drachm head left/seated archer) over Bactria (uncertain mint) (Eucratides I) (Eucratides/pilei of Dioscuri) (CNG, 105, May, 2017, 472)		Silver	171 BC ^JL