Triton XVIII, Lot: 251. Estimate $15000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos I Soter. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.31 g, 6h). In the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head right / ∫Å%5¬EW% Å@t5ocoU, Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, aegis draped over outstretched left arm, and brandishing thunderbolt in right hand;in inner left field, wreath above eagle standing left. Holt Series A, Group 8; Bopearachchi 1A; Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS 75; MIG –; SC 630; Sunrise 223 (this coin). EF, traces of deposits in devices. Rare without the typical test cut on obverse.

From the Sunrise Collection.