Cleveland Museum of Art

Coin of Eukratides I

Date

170–145 BCE

Medium

silver

Culture

Afghanistan, Bactria

Department

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Eukratides, a successor of Alexander in Bactria, wears a helmet with bull's ear and horn, like military leaders from Macedon, Alexander's homeland in the north of Greece. On the reverse Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus, ride horseback. Because Alexander also was considered to be an offspring of Zeus, Eukratides referenced his link to Alexander by including Castor and Pollux on his coin.

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