Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1104. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $198. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Graeco-Baktrian Kings. Euthydemos II. Circa 185-180 BC. Æ 30mm "Tetradrachm" (13.44 gm). Diademed and draped bust right / Herakles standing facing holding wreath in right hand, club in left; monogram to left. Cf. Bopearachchi Série 1D; cf. SNG ANS 217-218; cf. MIG 113b. EF (for wear), red-brown patina, heavy corrosion. ($300)

It is difficult to be certain whether this coin is a trial strike or pattern for a Tetradrachm, or the only known survivor of a larger series of Æ, possibly Trichalkoi.