From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008.



                  Lot # 243 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$4000 / Price 
                  Realized: US$7000 
                  GRAECO-BACTRIAN AND INDO-GREEK KINGS. Diodotus II. Silver 
                  tetradrachm 



             



            GRAECO-BACTRIAN AND INDO-GREEK KINGS. Diodotus II. (ca. 246–230 BC). 
            Silver tetradrachm (16.64 gm). Mint A. Diademed head of Diodotus II 
            right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [Δ]ΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ, Zeus, viewed from behind, striding 
            left, brandishing thunderbolt in right hand, aegis draped over left 
            arm, MY monogram above eagle standing left in inner left field. 
            Kritt, Dynastic Transitions, D8. Bopearachchi Series 6, F, pl. 1, 
            12–14. Extremely fine/very fine. 




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  ... Lot 243 sold for high bid of $7000 [ $8050, or approx 5554.5 EUR, 4105.5 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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