Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1019. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I. Circa 225-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.58 g, 12h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Struck circa 206-200 BC. Diademed head, with elderly features, right / Herakles seated left on lion skin draped over rock, holding club set on rocks; monogram to right of rock. Kritt A17; Bopearachchi Série 5B; SNG ANS 141 var. (monogram). Good VF, toned, minor deposits, areas of porosity.