Apollodotos I AR Drachm
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.
Price realized | 110 CHF |
Starting price | 100 CHF |
Estimate | 120 CHF |