Very Rare Denomination

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 353. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I. Circa 225-200 BC. AR Drachm (4.12 g, 6h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Struck circa 225-220/15 BC. Diademed head, with middle-aged features, right / BASILEWS EUQUDHMOU, Herakles seated left on lion skin draped over rock, holding in his right hand a club set on rocks. Kritt p. 146 = SNG ANS 133; Bopearachchi Série 7A; MIG Type 90. Good VF, lightly toned, minor deposits, a hint of porosity on obverse. Exceptionally detailed reverse. Very rare denomination.

Although most issues without control marks are imitations, Kritt notes that those of Attic weight, correct die alignment, and correct style are certainly official issues (see Kritt pp. 146-7).