Description: Baktria, Diodotos II (235 - 225 BC). Head of Hermes right wearing petasos / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ; Athena standing facing, holding spear and resting hand on shield.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 3,3 g

Grade: gF/F

Attribution: Holt H1; Bopearachchi Série 13A; SNG ANS 107

Commentary: brown patina, pit on reverse

History: Diodotos II allied himself with Arsaces against Seleukos II, helping this way to found the Parthian Empire.

Article Number: 021-10-04-41652