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CNG 94, Lot: 839. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Nikias Soter. Circa 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 8.56 g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right / Nikias, in military attire, standing left, raising right hand in gesture of benediction and cradling palm frond in left arm; monogram to inner left. Cf. Bopearachchi 2C (drachm); Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –; cf. Triton XII, 412 (for type, but different monogram); otherwise unpublished. Fine, cleaning scratches and areas of corrosion. Extremely rare type with a monogram known only for the similar drachm of this ruler.