428, Lot: 257. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I Theos Megas. Circa 225-200/195 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.12 g, 12h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Struck circa 206-200 BC. Diademed head right, with elderly features / Herakles seated left on lion skin draped over rock, holding club set on rocks; monogram to right of rock. Kritt A17; cf. Bopearachchi 11A (AV oktadrachm) and Série 12 (for type, but monogram unlisted); cf. HGC 12, 36 and 43 (same). Good VF, find patina, some porosity.