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Lot 33. Apollodotos I AR Drachm
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(Sunday, March 17th, 19:11:00 CET)
Current time: Sunday, April 28th, 20:33:52 CEST
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CHF 110.00 (2 bids)
Approx. EUR 112.41 / USD 120.23 / GBP 96.28
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CHF 110.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2019-03-16, 23:09:52
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CHF 100.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2019-03-08, 21:37:11
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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Bidder 2
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eAuction #63, Lot 33. Estimate: CHF 120.00
Kings of Bactria. Apollodotos I (c. 174-165 BC). AR Drachm (15-16 mm, 2.45 g).
Obv. BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΠOΛΛOΔOTOΥ ΣΩTHΡOΣ, elephant walking right, monogram below.
Rev. Zebu bull right, legend in Karoshti around.
SNG ANS 310.
Nicely toned and extremely fine.
Apollodotos I. is one of the few Bactrian kings to be named by classic authors from the Graeco-Roman west. The Augustean historian Pompeius Trogus, who wrote a history of Alexander and his successors, apparently also described Apollodotos' life, but only a short summary of it (by Junianus Justinus) has survived. The king is also named in the Periplus Marae Erythraei, a 1st Century AD periplus describing the trading routes from Egypt to India.
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