381, Lot: 276. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Menander I Soter. Circa 155-130 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 2.45 g, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet covered with pelt of scales and adorned with wing / Athena Alkidemos advancing left; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 16C; HGC 12, 193. Near EF, attractive iridescent toning, struck with slightly worn dies.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.