Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 658. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Menander I. Circa 165/55-130 BC. Æ Octuple (19.72 gm, 12h). Bilingual series. BASILEWS SWTHROS MENAND[ROU], facing bucranium / "[Maharajasa tra]tarasa Menamdrasa" in Karosthi, tripod; monogram to right. Bopearachchi Série 29A var. (monogram); SNG ANS 934 var. (same); MIG Type 233a var. (same); MACW 1799 var. (same). Near EF, black patina. Overstruck on a Bopearachchi Série 25 Æ of Menander. ($500)

This monogram is only published on this denomination with the additional control marks of a crescent on the reverse and an 'A' on the obverse.