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E-Sale 98  16 Jun 2022
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Lot 593

Estimate: 250 GBP
Price realized: 900 GBP
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Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Diodotos II Theos AR Tetradrachm. Coregency issue, struck in the name of Antiochos II of the Seleukid Empire. Mint B ("Baktra"), circa 255-235 BC. Diademed head to right / Zeus Bremetes advancing to left, brandishing aegis and thunderbolt; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ to left, wreath above eagle at inner left, monogram in inner right field, [TA?] in outer right field. Cf. Kritt E7; cf. Holt Series E, Group 7 = Sternberg 29, 264; cf. Bopearachchi 6; Mitchiner -; Bopearachchi & Rahman 92 (same rev. die); SNG ANS -; Spink 3014, 127. 15.83g, 30mm, 11h.

Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one example cited by Holt, and seemingly only one other on CoinArchives.

From the Neil Collection.
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