Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 660. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Antialkidas. Circa 115-95 BC. AR Tetradrachm (9.79 gm, 1h). Bilingual series. BASILEWS NIKHFOROU ANTIALKIDOU, heroic diademed bust left, wearing aegis, brandishing spear in his right hand / "Maharajasa jayadharasa Amtialikidasa" in Karosthi, Zeus standing facing, holding sceptre in his right hand; behind, elephant standing left, small Nike standing left on its head, holding wreath; monogram to lower left. Bopearachchi Série 8A; cf. SNG ANS 1057 (reverse type); MIG Type 274a; MACW -. EF, light iridescent toning around devices. Exceptional portrait. Extremely rare. ($5000)

From the William and Louise Fielder Collection.