Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 493. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I. Circa 225-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.49 g, 12h). Mint B (’Bactra’). Struck circa 215-210 BC. Diademed head, with middle-aged features, right / Herakles seated left on lion skin draped over rock, holding club set on rock beside knee; monogram to right of rock. Kritt B13; Bopearachchi Série 9A; SNG ANS 136. VF, toned, a few minor pits.