112, Lot: 89. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Diodotos I, in the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.27 gm). Attic standard. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head of Diodotos I right / Zeus advancing left, holding thunderbolt and aegis, eagle at his feet; N in left field. Cf. Holt Series A, Group 7 (tetradrachm); Bopearachchi -; SNG ANS -; cf. MIG 63 (for type); SC 629. Good VF, test cut on head.