CNG 108, Lot: 420. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.44 g, 12h). Dynastic pedigree issue. BAΣIΛEYΣ MEΓAΣ around, EYKPATIΔHΣ in exergue, heroic bust of Eukratides left, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear, seen from behind, brandishing spear in his right hand / HΛIOKΛEOYΣ above, KAI ΛAOΔIKHΣ in exergue, conjoined draped busts of Heliokles and Laodike, wearing tainia, right; monogram to left. Bopearachchi 16A; HGC 12, 134. Good VF, lightly toned, a few pits and porosity.

From the David Nelson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 806.