Bactrian Greeks, AE-NI double unit, Euthydemos II

Hellenistic East. Bactrian Greeks. Euthydemos II (185-180BC)

AE-NI double unit (7.94 g)

An unusual copper-nickel corrosion-resistant alloy is an innovation that would not be replicated until 1860 in Belgium

OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo to right

REVERSE: Tripod; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ to left, monogram to inner left

Choice VF, pierced in antiquity.  RARE

References: Z-165113 (this coin)

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