A gold 20-
stater depicting
Eucratides I, the
Greco-Bactrian King who reigned from c. 171 to 145 BC. The largest known gold coin from antiquity, it weighs 169.2 grams and has a diameter of 58 mm. Originally found in
Bukhara, and later acquired by
Napoleon III, it is now held at the
Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.Photograph:
National Library of France
A gold 20-
stater depicting
Eucratides I, the
Greco-Bactrian King who reigned from c. 171 to 145 BC. The largest known gold coin from antiquity, it weighs 169.2 grams and has a diameter of 58 mm. Originally found in
Bukhara, and later acquired by
Napoleon III, it is now held at the
Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.Photograph:
National Library of France