| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 24 | Auction date: 3 December 2022 |
| Lot number: 1723 Price realized: 3,400 CHF (Approx. 3,613 USD / 3,449 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I, circa 180-165 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 34 mm, 16.66 g, 12 h), Baktra. Diademed and draped bust of Antimachos I to right, wearing flat topped kausia. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΘΕΟΥ - ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟΥ Poseidon, nude to the waist, standing facing, holding long trident in his right hand and filleted palm branch in his left; to lower right, monogram. Bopearachchi 1D. HGC 12, 106. An attractive example with an excellent portrait. Light marks and minor roughness on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 24 | Auction date: 3 December 2022 |
| Lot number: 1724 Price realized: 600 CHF (Approx. 638 USD / 609 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I, circa 180-165 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 17.08 g, 12 h), Baktra. Diademed and draped bust of Antimachos I to right, wearing flat topped kausia. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΘΕΟΥ - ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟΥ Poseidon, nude to the waist, standing facing, holding long trident in his right hand and filleted palm branch in his left; to lower right, monogram. Bopearachchi 1D. HGC 12, 106. Light marks and with minor doubling on the obverse, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 25 | Auction date: 11 March 2023 |
| Lot number: 1147 Price realized: 650 CHF (Approx. 707 USD / 661 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I, circa 180-165 BC. Obol (Silver, 13 mm, 0.67 g, 11 h), Baktra. Diademed and draped bust of Antimachos I to right, wearing flat topped kausia. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΘΕΟΥ - ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟY Poseidon, nude to the waist, standing facing, holding long trident in his right hand and filleted palm branch in his left; to lower right, monogram. Bopearachchi 4B. HGC 12, 111. MIG 127c. Lightly toned and unusually well preserved. Light scratch on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine. From the Graeculus Collection, Peus 428, 28 April 2021, 500. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Nomos AG > obolos 27 | Auction date: 19 March 2023 |
| Lot number: 416 Price realized: 1,800 CHF (Approx. 1,939 USD / 1,821 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I, circa 180-165 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32 mm, 16.64 g, 12 h). Diademed and draped bust of Antimachos to right, wearing flat topped kausia. Rev. BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟΥ Poseidon, nude to the waist, standing facing, holding long trident in his right hand and filleted palm branch in his left; in inner right field, monogram of KPN. Bopearachchi 1C. HGC 12, 106. SNG ANS -. Lightly toned. Light porosity, otherwise, good very fine. The coinage of Baktria, present-day Afghanistan, is one of the most romantic and fascinating vestiges of Hellenism. The Greeks basically arrived there with Alexander's conquering armies (though some Greeks had already been transported there as a place of exile by the Persian kings); after his conquest many remained. It became a province of the Seleucid kings of Syria but its satrap was able to establish it as an independent kingdom in the mid 3rd century BC. The coinage of Baktria and of its successor states further east in the Indus Valley is remarkable for the gallery of outstanding portraits they bear, primarily of rulers whose names and features are known solely from their coins. This coin is no exception: we know virtually nothing about Antimachos save for his portraits, which are remarkable for their individuality. The soft hat he wears, the Macedonian traveling or hunting cap, the kausia, proved to be one of the longest lasting items of Greek heritage in the East: its direct descendent, the pakol, is worn by Afghans to this day. Starting price: 500 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Nomos AG > obolos 25 | Auction date: 23 October 2022 |
| Lot number: 443 Price realized: 1,400 CHF (Approx. 1,399 USD / 1,422 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I, circa 170-145 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.96 g, 12 h). Diademed and draped bust of Eukratides I to right, wearing crested helmet adorned with a bull's horn and ear. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY / EYKPATIΔOY The Dioskouroi on horses prancing to right, each holding palm in right hand and spear in left; to lower left, monogram. Bopearachchi 7A. SNG ANS-. Well centered and lightly toned. Extremely fine. Starting price: 300 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 24 | Auction date: 3 December 2022 |
| Lot number: 1742 Price realized: 550 CHF (Approx. 584 USD / 558 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides II, circa 145-140 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.87 g, 12 h), Baktra. Diademed and draped bust of Eukratides II to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΥΚΡΑ[ΤΙΔΟΥ] Apollo standing front, head to left, holding arrow in his right hand and bow set on ground in his left; to left, monogram. Bopearachchi 3B. HGC 12, 162. A fine example with an attractive portrait. Edge crack and with a small flan fault on the edge, otherwise, good very fine. Starting price: 200 CHF |  |
