Talk:Eucratides I

Is this really a BCE coin?

Perhaps one should look at armored "knights" or cavalry armor during the 16th century CE, to notice some similarities? It should not be too hard. Regards, Ronald L. Hughes96.19.147.40 (talk) 01:40, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

I have to raise an objection about Eucratides being "most probably a follower of Buddhism". Where is the source for that? Without, it is just idle speculation without standing. By AL, grad student on 12:06 am 06 March 2013 Central Time US

Cousin of Antiochus IV?

I'd like to know exactly how that's true? Is he also a Grandson of Seleucus II and Laodice? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.144.34.210 (talk) 19:27, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Afghanistan bank notes

His image from the Silver Tetradrachm with the Greek inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΟΥ, the Tetradrachm is included in the article, was used in some Afghani bank notes between 1979-2002, [1]. Perhaps an editor can include an image of the banknote in the article. In fact, the emblem is the current symbol of the Bank of Afghanistan see wikimedia [2], and Bank of Afghanistan, [3] Politis (talk) 10:35, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

File:Monnaie de Bactriane, Eucratide I, 2 faces.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Monnaie de Bactriane, Eucratide I, 2 faces.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on April 13, 2018. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2018-04-13. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:42, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Picture of the day

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

Eukratides name

We have some nonsense from "behind the name.com" a non WP:RS inferring (which is WP:OR) that Eukratides may have been descended from a Eukrates. While it is true that "ides" means "descendent" and is used that way in poetry (eg. Atreides for Agamemnon son of Atreus), in the Classical and Hellenistic onomastics, it is just a name element and doesn't imply descent (eg Alkibiades wasn't descended from an Alkibias, Leonidas wasn't descended from Leon). We don't normally devote a section of the article to the etymology of ordinary names. Furius (talk) 10:56, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

I attempted to remove, but was reverted @Leopardus62, let's discuss. Furius (talk) 19:19, 19 December 2024 (UTC)