Triton XIV, Lot: 426. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos II. Circa 185-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 17.04 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ down right field, EY ΘYΔHMOY down left, Herakles standing facing, holding wreath in extended hand, cradling club in arm draped with lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1D; Bopearachchi & Rahman -; SNG ANS 217-8; MIG Type 113b corr. (monogram listed as inverted; illustrated coin shows correct positioning). EF, traces of die shift on obverse and reverse.