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Stater of Kingdom of Baktria with bust of Diodotos I, struck under Diodotos II
Greek
Hellenistic period
about 235–223 B.C.
Mint: Baktria (Kingdom), near Aï Khanoum
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 8.78 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1180
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2233.
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Diodotos I to right wearing diadem.
Reverse: Zeus, nude, advancing to left, thunderbolt in raised right hand, aegis with Gorgoneion on extended left arm.
In left field, wreath over a small eagle in partial profile to left with wings slightly raised.
Inscription in Greek at right and left.
Reverse: Zeus, nude, advancing to left, thunderbolt in raised right hand, aegis with Gorgoneion on extended left arm.
In left field, wreath over a small eagle in partial profile to left with wings slightly raised.
Inscription in Greek at right and left.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.