Unique Hemidrachm

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 258. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.05 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right within pelleted border / IΛΣIΛEΩΣ (sic) down right field, EYKIΛIIΔOY (sic) down left, the Dioskouroi, nude, standing facing, each holding spear in right hand and palm frond in left; K in exergue. Cf. Bopearachchi 17; cf. Bopearachchi & Rahman 265 (both refs. for Indian-standard types with helmeted bust); cf. Senior G-7b (same rev. type [letter in exergue uncertain], but with helmeted bust); otherwise, unpublished. VF. Unique denomination for this obverse type.