Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 395

Price realized: 10,000 USD   (Approx. 9,159 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos II Theos. Circa 235-225 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.34 g, 6h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΔIOΔOTOY to left, Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, extended left arm draped with aegis, preparing to hurl thunderbolt in right hand; in inner left field, wreath above eagle standing left. Kritt, New, D7, Style 3; Bopearachchi 5A; SNG ANS 82; HGC 12, 20 corr. (mint); Triton XXVI, lot 460 (same obv. die, but later die state). Lightly toned, slight marks and cabinet friction, traces of underlying luster. EF. Rare without the typical test cut.

Ex Oxus Collection (Roma XXII, 7 October 2021), lot 459.


Estimate: 7500 USD