Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 617. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Diodotos II. Circa 235-230/225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.51 gm, 6h). Mint B ("Baktra"). Diademed head right / BASILEWS DIODOTOU, Zeus advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt in right hand, aegis draped over extended left arm; in inner left field, monogram above eagle standing left. Holt Series F, Group 7; Bopearachchi Série 6F; SNG ANS -; MIG -; MACW -. Good VF, toned. Rare. ($1000)

From the William and Louise Fielder Collection.