310, Lot: 178. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Strato II Soter. Circa 25 BC-AD 10. Æ (17mm, 3.57 g, 12h). Apollo standing right, with quiver on back, holding arrow; thick bead–and–reel border / “[Maharaja]sa tratarasa [Stra]tasa” in Kharosthi, diadem; Kharosthi “ba” to left. Bopearachchi –, but cf. Série 4 (Dionysios); Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –, but cf. 1653 (same); cf. MIG Type 457 NB (Zoilos II); cf. CNG 90, lot 876 (same); otherwise, unpublished. Near VF, green and brown patina, smoothing, area of active corrosion on edge. An apparently unrecorded type for this ruler.