367, Lot: 282. Estimate $200. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I Theos Megas. Circa 225-200/195 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.86 g, 12h). Mint B (‘Baktra’). Struck circa 206-200 BC. Diademed head right / Herakles, holding in extended right hand club set on knee, seated left on rock draped with lion skin; monogram to inner right. Kritt B16; Bopearachchi 14A = SNG ANS 139 = HGC 12, 49 (same dies); Bopearachchi & Rahman –; M&M FPL 395 (Nov./Dec. 1977), no. 82 (same dies); CNG 82, lot 772 (same dies). Near VF, lightly toned, rough. Extremely rare, one of four known from this die pair.