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Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diodotus I or Diodotus II 5

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Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diodotus I or Diodotus II 5, Denomination B (double), Bronze, 260–220 BC. Obverse: head of hermes right, wearing petasos. Reverse: athena standing facing holding spear in right hand, left hand resting on shield. Weight about 7.0 g, diameter 21.0 mm.
obverse Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diodotus I or Diodotus II 5
reverse Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diodotus I or Diodotus II 5
mint weight 7.02g (4)
ruler diameter ⌀21.0 (4)
denomination Denomination B (double) axis 8↕ (4)
material Bronze technique
country Roman Provincial dataset BIGR
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos

reverse

Athena standing facing holding spear in right hand, left hand resting on shield

specimens (2)
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diodotus I or Diodotus II 5, bm
British Museum 8.03g ⌀21.0 6↕
BnF (BIGR)

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Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diodotus I or Diodotus II 5 (bigr.diodotus_i_ii.5), 260–220 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/bactrian-and-indo-greek-coinage-diodotus-i-or-diodotus-ii-5/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA