Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 611. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of BAKTRIA. Diodotos I, in the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (8.31 gm, 6h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head right /
BASILEWS ANTIOCOU, Zeus advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt in right hand, aegis draped over extended left arm; in inner left field, N above eagle standing left. Cf. Holt Series A, Group 7 (tetradrachm); Bopearachchi -; SNG ANS -; cf. MIG Type 63 (for type); SC 629; MACW -. EF. Rare without test cut. ($5000)