Watch List notes:

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I, circa 180-165 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 37 mm, 16.99 g, 12 h), Baktra. Diademed and draped bust of Antimachos I to right, wearing flat topped kausia. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΘΕΟΥ - ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟY Poseidon, nude to the waist, standing facing, holding long trident in his right hand and filleted palm branch in his left; to lower right, monogram. Bopearachchi 1A. HGC 12, 106. MIG 12f. SNG ANS 274-275. Beautifully toned and perfectly centered on a full flan. The obverse somewhat double struck and with some weakness on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of J.B. Haarhuis, ex Künker 226, 11 March 2014, 624 and Künker 136, 10 March 2008, 751.