View source for S 853 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus I), gold, staters (255-235 BCE) Bordeaux

{{Die Study
|Image=S2056 Diodotus staters.jpg
|Image reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=932922&AucID=1787&Lot=1568
|Obverse description=Head of king Diodotus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots.
|Reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Zeus left, naked, aegis on left arm, brandishing thunderbolt. At feet, eagle. In field, a monogram (and a letter). All within border of dots.
|Mint=Bactria (uncertain mint)
|Ancient region=Bactria
|Authority=Bactrian Kingdom; Diodotus I of Bactria (Seleucid satrap and king in Bactria, c. 255/50-239 BC)
|Date from=255 BCE
|Date to=235 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Gold
|Denomination=stater
|Standard=Attic
|Median weight=8.40
|Diameter=18 (average)
|RQEM reference=RQEM ad.
|RQEM reference number=853
|Die study reference=Bordeaux 2018, p. 154-165, n° 101-197, 212-293, 337-381, 413, 417-418, 434-443
|Coin series reference=Sear II, n° 7497 and 7501; HGC 9, n° 234
|Number of obverse dies=24
|Number of singletons=6
|Number of reverse dies=61
|Number of coins=237
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