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ID:
721031
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Ancient East
Region:
GRAECO-BACTRIAN & INDO-GREEK
Issuer:
Agathokles
Date Ruled:
Circa 185-180 BC
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Tetradrachm
Date Struck:
Commemorative issue for Diodotos I in the name of Antiochos II
Weight:
15.05 g
Die Axis:
11 h
Obverse Legend:
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ
Obverse Description:
Diademed head of Diodotos I right
Reverse Legend:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥOΝΤΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ
Reverse Description:
Zeus Bremetes left; to inner left, wreath above eagle standing left; to inner right, monogram
Primary Reference:
Bopearachchi Série 13A
Reference2:
SNG ANS 258 var. (monogram)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84799
Notes:
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1031 With the exception of the ANS catalog, all references incorrectly name the obverse portrait as Antiochos II. A comparison with tetradrachms of Antiochos and Diodotos I, however, clearly reveals that the portrait is that of the latter. As these "pedigree" coins employ the commemorated king's coin types, it is not surprising that this issue for Diodotos I has the name of Antiochos on the obverse, as all of Diodotos’ lifetime coinage was issued in the Seleukid king's name (see Kritt, Dynastic Transitions in the Coinage of Bactria, pp. 7-11). It would also be odd that Agathokles would trace his lineage through the Seleukids, perpetual opponents of the Baktrians. Thus, the "pedigree" series follows the logical line of succession back through Diodotos' first coinage, in the name of Antiochos, and then to Alexander III of Macedon.
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