Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1017. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $860. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I. Circa 225-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.59 g, 11h). Mint B (’Bactra’). Struck circa 206-200 BC. Diademed head, with elderly features, right / Herakles seated left on lion skin draped over rock, holding club set on knee; monogram to right of rock. Kritt B17; Bopearachchi Série 12A; SNG ANS 141. VF, minor find patina, scattered light marks. Vivid mature portrait.