Lot 1568
Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos I and Diodotos II. Gold Stater (8.21 g), ca. 250-230. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum), in the name of Antiochos II. Diademed head of Antiochos II right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY, Zeus advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt and holding aegis draped over arm; in inner left field, N above eagle standing left. Cf. Holt series A, grp. 7 (tetradrachm); SC 629; Bopearachchi -; SNG ANS -. Boldly struck with a lovely artistic high relief portrait completely on the flan. Lustrous surfaces. Virtually as struck. Mint State. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000
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