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.
The authoritative record is held by Cleveland Museum of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Cleveland Museum of Art and other institutions.
Coin of Eukratides I
Cleveland Museum of Art
Coin of Eukratides I
Cleveland Museum of Art
Coin of Eukratides I
Cleveland Museum of Art
Coin of Eukratides I
Cleveland Museum of Art
Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great
Art Institute of Chicago
Coin of Eukratides I
Cleveland Museum of Art
Tetradrachm: Head of Young Herakles (obverse); Zeus (reverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Stater: Head of Bearded Herakles (obverse); Horse (reverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Tetradrachm: Head of Young Herakles (obverse); Zeus (reverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art
![Tetradrachm: Head of Alexander III [The Great] (obverse); Athena (reverse)](https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.994/1916.994_web.jpg)
Tetradrachm: Head of Alexander III [The Great] (obverse); Athena (reverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Coin of Demetrios, I (reverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Coin of Demetrios, I (obverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art