Helmeted bust / Greek legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYKPATIΔOY (of King Eucratides), caps of the Dioskuri and palms. 10mm, 0.53 grams. Balkh mint?. MIG 181c; Bopp. 9. SKU X3453-53444

Eucratides I  (reigned 172/171–145 BC), was one of the most important Greco-Bactrian kings. Eucratides overthrew the Euthydemid dynasty of Bactria (possibly killing Demetrius) and restored the Diodotid dynasty of Diodotus I, allied to the Parthian Empire. Eucratides fought against the easternmost Hellenistic and Indian rulers in India, holding territory in the Indus and as far as Barigaza until he was finally defeated by Menander and pushed back to Bactria.