294, Lot: 419. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I Aniketos. Circa 200-185 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.10 g, 12h). Attic standard. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / Herakles standing facing, crowning himself, holding club and lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 2A; SNG ANS –. Near VF, minor marks. Good metal. Very rare, only 2 with this monogram known to Bopearachchi.