128, Lot: 127. Estimate $75. Sold for $93. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Menander I Soter. Circa 165/155-130 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.46 g, 12h). Bilingual series. Diademed heroic bust left, seen from behind, wearing aegis and brandishing spear / Athena Alkidemos advancing right, holding thunderbolt and aegis; monogram to left. Bopearachchi Série 6A; SNG ANS 710. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.