Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 254 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$6500 / Price 
                  Realized: US$5500 
                  GRAECO-BACTRIAN KINGS. Diodotus I, as satrap. Gold stater 



             



            GRAECO-BACTRIAN KINGS. Diodotus I, as satrap. (ca. 255/50–235 BC). 
            Gold stater (8.32 gm). First Diodotid mint (Holt and Kritt’s Mint 
            A). Diademed head of Diodotus I right / BAÓIËEÙÓ ANTIO×OÕ, Zeus, 
            viewed from behind, striding left, brandishing thunderbolt in right 
            hand, aegis draped over extended left arm, eagle on ground before 
            left foot, wreath in inner left field. SC 629.1. Bopearachchi Series 
            1 A. Two minor hairlines on reverse. Mint state. 




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  ... Lot 254 sold for high bid of $5500 [ $6325, or approx 4889.225 EUR, 3225.75 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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