Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 607. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Sophytes. Circa 305-294 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.79 gm, 7h). Attic standard. Imitating Athenian tetradrachm. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and a spiral palmette on the bowl; behind, PA (retrograde) above prow left / AQE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig, crescent, and grape bunch behind. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A; Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry, "Un nouveau trésor de monnaies d'argent pseudo-athéniennes venu d'Afghanistan," RN 1994, 21 (this coin); cf. SNG ANS 3; cf. MIG Type 13; MACW -. Good VF, small flat spot on reverse. ($750)

From the William and Louise Fielder Collection. Ex Künker 38 (29 September-2 October 1997), lot 189.