CNG 96, Lot: 624. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Strato I Soter. Circa 105-85/0 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 2.44 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bearded bust right / Athena Alkidemos standing right, brandishing thunderbolt and aegis; monogram to inner left. Cf. Bopearachchi 9A = MIG Type 320d (tetradrachm); Haughton, Silver –; Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –. Near EF, toned. This monogram known only on a unique tetradrachm in the Ashmolean (Shortt Collection, cited in Bopearachchi and MIG).