367, Lot: 288. Estimate $150. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Menander I Soter. Circa 155-130 BC. Æ Quadruple Unit (21mm, 8.52 g, 12h). Diademed head of Herakles right / Spread lion pelt; Γ below. Cf. Bopearachchi 35 (for type); cf. HGC 12, 208 (same); CNG E-326, lot 227. VF, dusty green patina. Extremely rare, one of two known to have appeared at auction in recent years.

Citing a specimen in the BM, Bopearachchi notes only one example of this type, which has a monogram in the right field. However, the BM coin, which he uses for illustration, shows that, in addition to the monogram, there is a Γ below the lion’s pelt.