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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 133 | Auction date: 15 September 2026 |
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| Lot description: BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Agathokles Dikaios. Circa 185-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.66 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Zeus, standing facing, holding scepter and figure of Hekate, holding a torch in each hand; D to inner left. MPHB Series I, Group I, 88 (O10/R40 – this coin); Bopearachchi 1D; SNG ANS 230; HGC 12, 81. Toned, light marks. VF. Ex Artemide XXXIV (10 December 2011), lot 36; Leu 65 (21 May 1996), lot 261. Agathokles Dikaios ("the Just") is a near complete mystery to us in terms of his origins, rise to power and the extent of his realm. On his rare "pedigree" coinage he claims the previous Baktrian Kings Diodotos I, Euthydemos and Demetrios, as well as the Seleukid King Antiochos III the Great as his ancestors; however these were from rival houses and unlikely to be his true relations. The available evidence supports the conclusion that he was a usurper who seized control, or was appointed to rule, a portion of the vast, unwieldy kingdom along with his contemporaries Antimachos Theos, Pantaleon and Apollodotos I, whose coins were struck in the same 20 year span. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
