Exceptional Euthydemos Stater

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 251. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I. Circa 225-200 BC. AV Stater (8.25 g, 6h). Mint B ("Baktra"). Struck circa 225-220/218 BC. Diademed head right within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ down right field, EYΘYΔHMOY down left, Herakles seated left on rock outcropping, holding in his right hand a club set on rocks before his knee; monogram to inner left; all within pelleted border. Kritt B1; Bopearachchi 1C; SNG ANS -; Triton VIII, 621 (same dies). Choice EF, minor die wear on obverse, slight double strike on reverse. Very rare.