Lot 96
Bactria. Agathokles, c. 185-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.94 g), Merv mint(?). Diademed and draped bust of Agathokles right. Reverse: Zeus standing, facing, scepter in left hand and holding in right hand a figure of triple-faced Hekate, who holds two torches; BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΓAΘOKΛEOY, monogram at lower left. Bopear. Série 1D; SNG ANS 230; MIG type 137a; MACW 1677; Rahman 148-149. Splendid sculptural high relief portrait, finely struck on nearly round flan of choice metal. The obverse a superb rendering of an assertive man with an almost ironic air. NGC graded Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500.
Ex Millennia Sale, Lot 65.
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