Triton XXII, Lot: 465. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 17.09 g, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; all within bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY around, EYKPATIΔOY in exergue, the Dioskouroi, holding palm fronds and spears, on horses rearing right; monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6T; Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS 468; MIG Type 177i; HGC 12, 131. EF, lightly toned.