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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 643

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 2500 USD
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos II Theos. Circa 235-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.53 g, 4h). Mint B ("Baktra"). Struck circa 239/8-230 BC. Diademed head of Diodotos I right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, [ΔIOΔOTOY to left], Zeus Bremetes advancing left, brandishing aegis and thunderbolt; monogram to inner right, traces of archaic Z to outer right. Holt Series F, Group 8.3; Kritt –; Bopearachchi –, cf. 6G (for monograms, but with archaic Z below monogram); Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –; MIG –; Zeno –; HGC 12, 22. Traces of find patina and deposits, a couple of die flaws. Near VF. Extremely rare monogram pair, none in CoinArchives. Overstruck on an uncertain Hellenistic tetradrachm.
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