Untouched Natural Bronze

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 356. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I. Circa 200-185 BC. Æ Triple Unit (12.29 g, 12h). Head of elephant right, bell around neck / BASILEWS DHMHTRIO[U], caduceus; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi Série 5E; MIG type 108b; SNG ANS 209-11. EF, lovely green and brown find patina, light earthen dusting around the devices. An exceptional bronze in a natural, untouched state.