Diodotus II of Bactria (king in Bactria, 239-223 C)

Mints

Diodotus II was a Graeco-Bactrian king who succeeded his father and ruled in the mid third century BCE.

Die Studies

Item	Image	Metal	Weight
S 855 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus II), silver, drachms (235-220 BCE) Bordeaux		Silver	2,019 kg
S 856 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus II), gold, staters (235-220 BCE) Bordeaux		Gold	5,460 kg
S 854 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus II), silver, tetradrachms (235-220 BCE) Bordeaux		Silver	7,338 kg
S 2057 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus I and II), silver, tetradrachms (255-220 BCE) Kovalenko		Silver	21,954 kg
S 2056 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus I and II), gold, staters (255-220 BCE) Kovalenko		Gold	43,110 kg
S 2058 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus I and II), silver, drachms (255-220 BCE) Kovalenko		Silver	3,760 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coin	Metal	Date	Overstruck type
15221 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus II) (tetradrachm Diodotus/Zeus) over uncertain type (CNG, 121, Oct. 2022, 643)		Silver	239 BC JL

Overstruck coins

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Diodotus II of Bactria

Type ᵖ	Person
Nomisma ID	diodotus_ii
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Diodotus_II http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q363368 https://www.freebase.com/m/03d429

Literature

• Sear II (5 mentions)
• Bordeaux 2018 (3 mentions)
• HGC 12 (3 mentions)
• Kovalenko 1996 (3 mentions)
• HGC 9 (2 mentions)
• HGCE 12 (1 mentions)