Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 693. Estimate $15000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREEK KINGS of BAKTRIA. Diodotos II. Circa 235-230/225 BC. AV Stater (8.24 gm). Attic standard. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head of Diodotos I right / BASILEWS DIODOTOU, Zeus advancing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand, aegis draped over extended left arm, eagle at his feet standing left; N in left field. Cf. Holt Series C, Group 2 (drachm); Kritt -; Bopearachchi -; SNG ANS -; MIG -. Lustrous EF, light scratch on reverse. Very rare. [See color enlargement on plate 9] ($15,000)