Extremely Rare Peukolaos Drachm

344, Lot: 222. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Peukolaos Soter Dikaios. Circa 75 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 1.85 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Zeus standing left, raising hand and holding scepter; monogram to inner left. Cf. Bopearachchi 1A (tetradrachm); Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –; HGC 12, –; CNG 88, lot 623 (same obv. die); Triton XIII, 264 var. (monogram to right; same obv. die). Fair, corroded. Extremely rare.