Dies of Fine Style

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 617. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I. Circa 225-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.53 g, 12h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Struck circa 206-200 BC. Diademed old head right / Herakles seated left on rock, holding club set on rocks; monogram to right of rock. Kritt A16; Bopearachchi Série 6A; SNG ANS 131. Near EF, handsome dark iridescent toning. Struck from dies of fine style.