HoardBaseBactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diodotus I or Diodotus II 1
Diodotus I of Bactria, Diodotus II of Bactria · Stater · 260 - 220 BCE
Date260 - 220 BCE
AuthorityDiodotus I of Bactria, Diodotus II of Bactria
DeityZeus
DenominationStater
MaterialGold
RegionBactria
Obverse TypeHead of Diodotus right, diademed
Reverse LegendΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ
Reverse TypeZeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
ReferenceBopearachchi Diodote I&II 5A, Bopearachchi Diodote I&II 5B, Mitchiner 66a, Mitchiner 66b
Reverse Left Fieldwreath, M, star, N
Reverse Right Fieldspearhead
ShapeRound
StateKingdom of Bactria
Symbol revwreath, M, star, N, spearhead
Examples in Museum Databases
No specimen images available for this type.
Subtypes (5)
- Obverse Type
- Head of Diodotus right, diademed
- Reverse Legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ
- Reverse Type
- Zeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
- Authority
- Diodotus I of Bactria, Diodotus II of Bactria
- Deity
- Zeus
- Denomination
- Stater
- Material
- Gold
- Reference
- Bopearachchi Diodote I&II 5B, Mitchiner 66b
- Region
- Bactria
- Reverse Left Field
- N
- Shape
- Round
- State
- Kingdom of Bactria
- Symbol rev
- N
- Obverse Type
- Head of Diodotus right, diademed
- Reverse Legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ
- Reverse Type
- Zeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
- Authority
- Diodotus I of Bactria, Diodotus II of Bactria
- Deity
- Zeus
- Denomination
- Stater
- Material
- Gold
- Reference
- Bopearachchi Diodote I&II 5A, Mitchiner 66a
- Region
- Bactria
- Reverse Left Field
- wreath
- Shape
- Round
- State
- Kingdom of Bactria
- Symbol rev
- wreath
- Obverse Type
- Head of Diodotus right, diademed
- Reverse Legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ
- Reverse Type
- Zeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
- Authority
- Diodotus I of Bactria, Diodotus II of Bactria
- Deity
- Zeus
- Denomination
- Stater
- Material
- Gold
- Region
- Bactria
- Reverse Left Field
- wreath, star
- Shape
- Round
- State
- Kingdom of Bactria
- Symbol rev
- wreath, star
- Obverse Type
- Head of Diodotus right, diademed
- Reverse Legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ
- Reverse Type
- Zeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
- Authority
- Diodotus I of Bactria, Diodotus II of Bactria
- Deity
- Zeus
- Denomination
- Stater
- Material
- Gold
- Region
- Bactria
- Reverse Left Field
- wreath, M
- Shape
- Round
- State
- Kingdom of Bactria
- Symbol rev
- wreath, M
- Obverse Type
- Head of Diodotus right, diademed
- Reverse Legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ
- Reverse Type
- Zeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
- Authenticity
- Authenticity Unknown
- Authority
- Diodotus I of Bactria, Diodotus II of Bactria
- Deity
- Zeus
- Denomination
- Stater
- Material
- Gold
- Region
- Bactria
- Reverse Left Field
- wreath
- Reverse Right Field
- spearhead
- Shape
- Round
- State
- Kingdom of Bactria
- Symbol rev
- wreath, spearhead
Source record: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.diodotus_i_ii.1