Triton XIV, Lot: 416. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos I. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.26 g, 6h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Struck in the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ down right field, ANTIOXOY down left, Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, extended left arm draped with aegis, preparing to hurl thunderbolt in right hand; in inner left field, N above eagle standing left. Cf. Holt Series A, Group 7 (tetradrachm); Bopearachchi -; Bopearachchi & Rahman -; SNG ANS -; SC 629; MIG Type 63a. Good VF, typical test cut, slight double strike on obverse, minor cleaning marks and traces of encrustation.