Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 929. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GREEK KINGS of BAKTRIA. Diodotos I, in the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (8.27 gm). Attic standard. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head of Diodotos I right / Zeus advancing left, holding thunderbolt and aegis, eagle at his feet; N in left field. Cf. Holt Series A, Group 7 (tetradrachm); Bopearachchi -; SNG ANS -; cf. MIG 63 (for type); SC 629. Near EF, test cut on head, die breaks on reverse. ($2000)