BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.84 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 IV, 354 (O55/R166 – this coin); Bopearachchi 1E; Bopearachchi & Rahman 179; MIG Type 124a; SNG ANS –; HGC 12, 106; BM inv.1888,1208.124 (same dies). Iridescent toning, tiny flan split, cleaning marks, areas of find patina on edge. Near EF.
From the Useless Miwa Collection. Ex Kyrios Collection (Spink 289, 3 October 2023), lot 139; Spink 206 (1 December 2010), lot 1277; Spink 198 (19 March 2009), lot 371.
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