Triton XIV, Lot: 435. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Lysias. Circa 130-125 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 2.44 g, 12h). BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANIKHTΟΥ ΛYΣIOY, diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / “Maharajasa apadihatasa Lisiasa” in Kharosthi, Herakles standing facing, crowning himself with wreath held in right hand and cradling club in left arm draped with lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 6B; Bopearachchi & Rahman 440-441; SNG ANS 1037-1039 (same obv. die); MIG Type 264b. EF, slight die rust on reverse.