420, Lot: 300. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. Æ (24x22mm, 9.05 g, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / The Dioskouroi on horses rearing right, holding palms and spears; monogram to lower right. Bopearachchi 19M; HGC 12, 146. VF, black-green patinas, some light cleaning scratches, patina rubbed on high points.
From the David Nelson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 182 (20 February 2008), lot 116.