Pedigree Tetradrachm for Diodotos I

CNG 108, Lot: 416. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Agathokles Dikaios. Circa 185-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 17.06 g, 12h). Commemorative issue struck for Diodotos II Soter. ΔIOΔOTOY down right, ΣΩTHPOΣ down left, diademed head of Diodotos right / Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, aegis draped over outstretched left arm, and brandishing thunderbolt in right hand; in inner left field, wreath above eagle standing left; monogram to inner right. Kritt, New, p. 81; Bopearachchi 14A; HGC 12, 85. VF, toned, minor porosity, obverse struck a little off-center. Very rare.

From the David Nelson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 461 (hammer $1700).