Live auction - bgr_561367 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - APOLLODOTUS II Drachme

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - APOLLODOTUS II Drachme AU

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Estimate :	350 €
Price :	310 €
Maximum bid :	355 €
End of the sale :	28 January 2020 14:17:49
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Drachme

Date: c. 85-65. AC.

Mint name / Town : Punjab

Metal : silver

Diameter : 16 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,34 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Buste bien venu à la frappe rehaussé par une belle patine grise avec des reflets dorés. La monnaie a conservée son coupant d’origine

Catalogue references :

B.- - GC.- - HGCS. 12/391 - BMC.- - ANS.-

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Apollodote II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant.

Obverse legend : BASILEWS SWTHROU / APOLLODOTOU.

Obverse translation : (du roi sauveur Apollodote).

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI "MAHARAJASA TRATARASA APALADATASA”.

Reverse description : Athéna Promachos marchant à gauche, casquée,, drapée, tenant de la main gauche le bouclier orné de la Gorgone et de l’égide pendante et brandissant un foudre de la main droite.