Bactrian kingdom

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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.

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
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