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LOT 3392
Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Antimachos I Theos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 180-170 BC.
Diademed and draped bust to 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; N within circle to inner right. Bopearachchi 1D; Mitchiner 124b; SNG ANS 276-7; HGC 12, 106. Very Fine. Porous.(15.94gr, 31mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Purchased from John Cummings Ltd (dealer's ticket included).
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3392
Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Antimachos I Theos AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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