Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 926. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA. Sophytes. Circa 305-294 BC. AR Diobol (1.07 gm). Local standard. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle left, head reverted; two bunches of grapes above. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Type 2B, 13; SNG ANS 20; MIG 27. Good VF. Rare this nice. ($200)

The similar style of Zeus on this issue to the Zeus-Chariot issues of Seleukos I was pivotal in establishing the link between the two series and determining the chronology of Sophytes' coinage.