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Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Diodotos I Soter AV Stater. Struck in the name of Antiochos II. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum), circa 255-235 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Bremetes advancing left, extended left arm draped with aegis, preparing to hurl thunderbolt in right hand; BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ANTIOXOY to left, N above eagle in inner left field. Kritt, New, A7, Style 1; cf. Holt Series A, Group 7 (tetradrachm); Bopearachchi -; Bopearachchi & Rahman -; SNG ANS -; SC 629 (Antiochos II of Syria). 8.25g, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine; test cut.
From the Yacob and Tali Shavleyan Collection.
Diodotos I was the Seleukid satrap of Baktria who seized the opportunity presented by the death of Antiochos II Theos in c. 255 or 246 BC to secede from the empire and declare himself king of Baktria. Justin (XLI, 4) tell us: 'Diodotus, the governor of the thousand cities of Baktria, defected and proclaimed himself king; all the other people of the Orient followed his example and seceded from the Macedonians.' The newly born kingdom was highly urbanised and extremely wealthy as a result of its favourable position on one of the main east-west trade routes.
Near Extremely Fine; test cut.
From the Yacob and Tali Shavleyan Collection.
Diodotos I was the Seleukid satrap of Baktria who seized the opportunity presented by the death of Antiochos II Theos in c. 255 or 246 BC to secede from the empire and declare himself king of Baktria. Justin (XLI, 4) tell us: 'Diodotus, the governor of the thousand cities of Baktria, defected and proclaimed himself king; all the other people of the Orient followed his example and seceded from the Macedonians.' The newly born kingdom was highly urbanised and extremely wealthy as a result of its favourable position on one of the main east-west trade routes.