Gemini, LLC
Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Bactrian Kingdom. Diodotus I as satrap under Antiochus II. c. 255/250-c. 235 BC. Gold Stater, 8.30g (6h). First Diodotid mint, in eastern Bactria, c. 240 BC or shortly after. Obv: Diademed head of Diodotus I right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ANTIOΧ[OΥ] Zeus, viewed half from behind, advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt in raised right hand, aegis draped over extended left arm, in inner left field wreath above eagle with raised wings standing left. SC 629.2. Holt Series A, Group 8, 7. This coin is unusual because it lacks the normal test cut. Extremely sharp portrait. Mint State
Ex Gemini II, 11 January 2006, lot 163
Originally a satrap of the Seleucid Empire, Diodotos I rebelled against Antiochus II and established his own rule in Bactria. When fighting the Parthian empire, he appears to have made an alliance with Seleucus II who was not able to reconquer the lost satrapy
Ex Gemini II, 11 January 2006, lot 163
Originally a satrap of the Seleucid Empire, Diodotos I rebelled against Antiochus II and established his own rule in Bactria. When fighting the Parthian empire, he appears to have made an alliance with Seleucus II who was not able to reconquer the lost satrapy