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Ai Khanum, Afghanistan (ancient Eucratidea) was an important city of the Bactrian Kingdom of Alexander the Great's successors under the rule of King Eucratides I (r. 165-145BC). The city was thoroughly looted after the late 70's Soviet invasion. (1/2)
Gilded silver dish showing Dionysos (detail), Seleucid Empire/Bactrian Kingdom, 3rd to mid 2nd cent. BC, from "Arts of the Hellenized East"