117, Lot: 103. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Diodotos I, in the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.25 g). Mint A, near Aï Khanoum. Diademed head right / 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 -. Good VF, usual test cut.