CNG 111, Lot: 448. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos I Soter. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.37 g, 6h). In the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head right / Zeus Bremetes, advancing left, aegis draped over arm, brandishing thunderbolt; in inner left field, N above eagle standing left. Kritt, New, A7, Style 1; Holt Series A, Group 7 (tetradrachm); Bopearachchi –; Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –; SC 629.1 (Antiochos II of Syria); HGC 9, 233. Good VF, polished, typical test cut.