SH21940. Gold stater, Houghton-Lorber 629.1, Newell ESM 713, SGCV II 7497, EF, Ai Khanoum mint, weight 8.375g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 180
o, c. 255 - 250 B.C.; obverse diademed head of middle-aged Diodotus I right; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, naked Zeus striding left, aegis over extended left arm, about to hurl fulmen with raised right arm, eagle and N in field;
fantastic specimen, with mint luster, struck from the finest early Hellenistic style dies, and not marred by the usual test cut!;
rare;
SOLD