Triton XIV, Lot: 431. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.85 g, 12h). Dynastic pedigree issue. HΛIOKΛEOYΣ above, KAI ΛAOΔIKHΣ below, jugate draped busts of Heliokles and Laodike right; monogram to left; all within bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEYΣ MEΓAS above, EYKPATIΔHΣ below, diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; all within bead-and-reel border. Bopearachchi 15A; Bopearachchi & Rahman -; SNG ANS 526-527; MIG Type 182a. Good VF, areas of light toning, a few field marks, slight double strike on reverse.