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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 A (near Aï Khanoum), circa 235-225 BC. Diademed head to right / Zeus Bremetes advancing to left, brandishing aegis and thunderbolt; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ to left, monograms below and above eagle at inner left. Kritt C1; Bopearachchi 2F; SNG ANS 79; HGC 9, 244 (Antiochos II); CNG E460, lot 371 (same obv. die - hammer: 650 USD). 16.17g, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the Neil Collection.
It has been convincingly argued by both Brian Kritt and Frank Holt that this is a coregency issue struck during the reign of Diodotos I and represents a continuation of the Seleukid model of succession to guarantee the future of the fledgling Diodotid Dynasty (for discussion, see Kritt pp. 1-2 and 7ff, and Holt pp. 101-6).
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the Neil Collection.
It has been convincingly argued by both Brian Kritt and Frank Holt that this is a coregency issue struck during the reign of Diodotos I and represents a continuation of the Seleukid model of succession to guarantee the future of the fledgling Diodotid Dynasty (for discussion, see Kritt pp. 1-2 and 7ff, and Holt pp. 101-6).