CNG 106, Lot: 564. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.98 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / The Dioskouroi on horses rearing right, holding palm fronds and lances; monogram to lower right. Bopearachchi 6E; SNG ANS 465; HGC 12, 131. EF, attractively toned.

From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.