Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 666. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Telephos. Circa 70-75 BC. AR Drachm (2.17 gm, 12h). Bilingual series. BASILEWS EUERGETOU THLEFOU, Anguipede (creature with human body and serpent limbs), the limbs terminating in lotus blossoms / "Maharajasa kalanakramasa Teliphasa" in Karosthi, Helios, radiate and holding sceptre, standing left, and Selene, wearing crescent diadem, standing right; monogram to lower right. Bopearachchi Série 1A; SNG ANS -; MIG Type 451a; MACW -. VF, soft obverse strike, small banker's mark on obverse. Very rare. ($300)

A very rare ruler and an extremely elusive portrayal of the Anguipede, which almost never appears as the central or main type on a coin.