Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 651. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Eukratides I. Circa 171-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.89 gm, 12h). Heroic bust left, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear, seen from behind, brandishing spear in his right hand / BASILEWS MEGALOU EUKRATIDOU, the Dioskouroi on rearing horses right, holding palms and spears; monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi Série 8B; SNG ANS 485; MIG Type 179a; MACW 1718. Near EF, light toning around devices. ($3000)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection.