View source for 15221 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus II) (tetradrachm Diodotus/Zeus) over uncertain type (CNG, 121, Oct. 2022, 643)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=Diodotos II tetradrachme Classical Numismatic Group, 121, 6 Oct. 2022, 643.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2084810&AucID=4959&Lot=643
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, 121, 6 Oct. 2022, 643
|Obverse description=Diademed head of Diodotos I right
|Reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΔIOΔOTOY to left
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Zeus Bremetes advancing left, brandishing aegis and thunderbolt; monogram to inner right, traces of archaic Z to outer right
|Mint=Bactria (uncertain mint B)
|Ancient region=Bactria
|Authority=Diodotus II of Bactria (king in Bactria, 239-223 C)
|Date from=239 BCE
|Date to=230 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.53
|Diameter=27
|Axis=4
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2084810&AucID=4959&Lot=643
|Coin series reference=HGC 12, n° 22
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
|Remarks="Overstruck on an uncertain Hellenistic tetradrachm" (not surely an overstrike)
}}