Ancient Gold Coins
Lot 3395 Session 11 (9:30am Thursday) Ancient Gold Coins
Estimate $12,000
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SOLD $10,000
BACTRIA, Kingdom of, Diodotos II, (256-239 B.C.), gold stater, (8.27 g), Bactra (Balkh) mint, (Newell suggests c.255-246 B.C.), in name of Antiochus II, obv. diademed head of Diodotus II to right, dotted border, rev. Zeus striding to left, aegis on his extended left arm, wielding a thunderbolt, at his feet an eagle to left, N above, to right **BASILEWS* and to left **ANTIOXOY*, (S.7497, Newell ESM 713 (p.246, Pl.LIII, 5), M.66b [p.40 Vol.I], Kritt C2, mint A, Bop. Series 1, 147. M.63). Nearly extremely fine and very rare.
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