Diodotos I Soter, Greco-Bactrian king 255-239 BC

SC 629.1; ESM 713, Mint State

Mint in Bactria. Struck in the name of Antiochos II, circa 255-250 BC. Diademed head of Diodotos right. Reverse: BA?I?E?? ANTIOXOY, nude Zeus, striding left, hurling thunderbolt, holding aegis across left arm, eagle with raised wings standing left to left of feet, ? in left field.

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