Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1 Lot: 224 GRAECO-BACTRIAN KINGS: Diodotus I, as Satrap. ca. 255-235 BC. AV stater (8.38 gm). GRAECO-BACTRIAN KINGS. Diodotus I, as satrap (ca. 255-235 BC). Gold stater (8.38 gm). First Diodotid mint, in eastern Bactria (Holt's "Mint A"). Diademed head of Diodotus I right / BASILEWS ANTIOCOU, Zeus, viewed from behind, striding left, nude except for aegis over left arm, brandishing thunderbolt in raised right hand, in inner left field PN monogram above eagle standing left. SC 629.1 variant (control is N). Cf. Holt, Thundering Zeus, Series A, Group 7 (tetradrachm with N). An exceptional specimen with a marvelous portrait. Nearly mint state Estimated Value: $ 7,500 Sold for $5,500 USD [ approx 4180 EUR, 2915 GBP Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).