Diademed and draped bust right / Athena Alkidemos standing right, brandishing thunderbolt and aegis; monogram to right. 17mm, 2.13 grams. Uncertain mint in Eastern Punjab. Bopearachchi 1A; HGC 12, 460; Zeno 337941 (this coin).
Extremely rare. Bopearachchi cites six examples, none in CoinArchives. A similar example sold by CNG (CNG 106, lot 569) for 900$ plus commissions.
Dionysius Soter (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος Σωτήρ, romanized: Dionysios Sōtēr; epithet means "the Saviour") was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern Punjab. According to Osmund Bopearachchi, he reigned c. 65–55 BCE and inherited the eastern parts of the kingdom of the important late ruler Apollodotus II. The kings share the same epithet and use the common reverse of fighting Pallas Athene, and it seems plausible that they were closely related, but relationships between the last Indo-Greek kings remain uncertain since the only sources of information are their remaining coins. R. C. Senior dates him approximately ten years later.