Triton XVIII, Lot: 839. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Menander I Soter. Circa 155-130 BC. Æ Dekachalkon(?) (28mm, 25.25 g, 12h). [BAΣI]ΛEΩ[Σ M]ENANΔPOY ΣΩTHPO[Σ], Baktrian camel standing left on ground line / Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa in Kharosthi, bull head facing; Θ and monogram below. Bopearachchi 30A and pl. 32 E (line drawing) = MIG Type 234a = BMBI Suppl. 4 and pl. XXI, 10 (line drawing) = Lahiri, Corpus, 26 and pl. XXVI, 5 = IMC 96 and pl. V, 11; Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –. Good VF, earthen black-green patina, minor smoothing in fields and light cleaning marks . Extremely rare, only one other example published.