115, Lot: 182. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Diodotos I, in the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.32 gm). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head right / Zeus advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt, aegis draped over arm; in inner left field, wreath above eagle standing left. Holt Series A, Group 8; Bopearachchi Série 1A; SNG ANS 75; MIG 66a; SC 630. VF. Very rare, and choice in this grade, without the test cut.