BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.88 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΘEOY to right, ΑNTIMAXOY to left, Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident in right hand and cradling filleted palm in left arm; monogram to inner right. MPHB Group I, 36–9 var. (O8/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Bopearachchi 1B; Bopearachchi & Rahman 175; MIG Type 124c; SNG ANS –; HGC 12, 106. Attractive iridescent toning, light roughness. Near EF.
Ex Roma XXIX (9 November 2023), lot 244.
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