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Stater - Diodotos II
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 235 BC - 225 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ (Translation: King Diodotos) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Diodotos II inherited a kingdom that his father had effectively stolen from the Seleucid empire, completing the break from Antiochos II sometime around 250 BC. The son's reign was short and ended badly — he was murdered by Euthydemos I of Magnesia, who then founded his own dynasty and systematically overstruck or withdrew the earlier Diodotid coinage. Surviving gold staters attributable specifically to Diodotos II are consequently scarce, the numismatic record of a reign erased almost as thoroughly as the political one.