Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 656. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Heliokles I. Circa 145-130 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.88 gm, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / BASILEWS DIKAIOU HLIOKLEOU, Zeus standing facing, holding winged thunderbolt in his right hand, sceptre in his left; monogram in inner left field. Bopearachchi Série 1U; SNG ANS 642; MIG Type 284o; MACW 1889 var. (monogram). Near EF, toned. ($1500)