★ Extremely Rare ★

ANCIENT GREECE. GRECO-BAKTRIAN KINGDOM. Antimachos I 'Theos'. Bamian mint?-
Silver tetradrachm, circa 180-170 BC.
Obv: diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia. Rev: BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Poseidon standing facing, holding trident and filleted palm; monogram to inner right.
Extremely Fine.

The style of dies, particularly on the obverse, differs somewhat from more traditional Greco-Baktrian coinage, and would indicate a different mint to the regular coinage, perhaps Bamian.

Reference: Bopearachchi-1C = FRBNF 41758844; MIG Type 124d; Bopearachchi & Rahman-; SNG ANS-; Sunrise-; HGC 12-106. cf. CNG Triton XVI, lot 643, for obv. die.
Rarity: Extremely Rare with this monogram.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection.
Die Axis: 12.
Diameter: 30 mm.
Weight: 17.00 g.
Composition: Silver.

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