Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557Auction date: 6 March 2024
Lot number: 163

Price realized: 3,500 USD   (Approx. 3,222 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.10 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident and cradling filleted palm frond; AP to inner right. Bopearachchi Série 1 (monogram unlisted), but cf. 5B (Æ; for monogram); Bopearachichi & Rahman 172 (same obv. die); MPHB Group IIIB, 342 = Lampasas Collection (CNG E-486), lot 297 = CNG E-410, lot 136 = Vecchi 2, lot 618; SNG ANS –; Qunduz –; Zeno –HGC 12, 106. Deposits, porosity, roughness, edge flaws. Good VF. Second recorded example of this monogram.


Estimate: 500 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 277

Price realized: 1,600 USD   (Approx. 1,492 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.86 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident and cradling filleted palm frond; monogram to inner right. Bopearachchi 1D; MPHB Group III; SNG ANS 276-7; HGC 12, 106. Areas of find patina, scrapes and smoothing, applied deposits. VF.


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558Auction date: 20 March 2024
Lot number: 234

Price realized: 3,750 USD   (Approx. 3,453 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.68 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident and cradling filleted palm frond; AP to inner right. Bopearachchi –; Qunduz –; MPHB Group IIIb, 342; SNG ANS –; HGC 12, 106; Zeno–. Iridescent toning, deposits, hint of die rust and marks, a couple of small hairline flan cracks, clipped planchet . Near EF. Extremely rare monogram.


Estimate: 750 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 278

Price realized: 2,750 USD   (Approx. 2,564 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.82 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident in right hand and cradling filleted palm in left arm; (AP) monogram to inner left ; (HA) monogram to inner right. Bopearachchi 1E var. (only [HA] monogram); Bopearachichi & Rahman –; MPHB Group IV, 370 var. (additional [retrograde E]; same obv. die); Qunduz –; SNG ANS –; HGC 12, 106; Zeno –. Traces of find patina, cleaning marks, light roughness, crystallized surfaces. Good VF. Unpublished monogram combination.


Estimate: 750 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 556Auction date: 21 February 2024
Lot number: 184

Price realized: 200 USD   (Approx. 186 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.61 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident and filleted palm; monogram (Λ/M?) to inner right. Bopearachchi Série 4 (monogram unlisted); MPHB –; SNG ANS –; Zeno –; HGC 12, 111. Toned, deposits, porosity. VF.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 279

Price realized: 650 USD   (Approx. 606 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.25 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident and filleted palm; monogram to inner right. Bopearachchi 2B; MPHB Group III; SNG ANS 280-1; HGC 12, 109. Light iridescent toning, traces of find patina and deposits, a few light marks, tiny edge flaw. Good VF.


Estimate: 500 USD