BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Agathokles Dikaios

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Agathokles Dikaios. Circa 185-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.41 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕOYΣ, Zeus standing facing, holding figure of Hekate in outstretched right hand, and scepter in left; Hekate holds torch in each hand; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1D; HGC 12, 81. EF, small area of porosity on reverse. High relief portrait.


From the David Nelson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 460 (hammer $3500).