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Auction: 15004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 28

(x) Kingdom of Bactria, Diodotus I as satrap under Antiochus II (c.255 - 235 BC), gold Stater, 8.31g, eastern Bactria, c.240 BC Diademed head of Diodotus I right, rev. baiΛe antioxoy, Zeus, viewed half from behind, advancing left, thunderbolt in raised right hand, aegis draped over extended left arm, eagle with raised wings standing left, wreath above (ANS.75; SC 629.2, Holt Series A, Group 8, 7), test cut on hair, some abrasions on cheek and in field before bust, very fine

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