Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 485. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Telephos. Circa 70-75 BC. AR Drachm (2.17 g, 12h). Bilingual series. Anguipede (creature with human body and serpent limbs), the limbs terminating in lotus blossoms / Helios, radiate and holding sceptre, standing left, and Selene, wearing crescent diadem, standing right; monogram to lower right. Bopearachchi Série 1A; SNG ANS -. VF, soft obverse strike, small die flaw on obverse. Very rare. ($750)

A very rare ruler and an unusual portrayal of an anguipede, which almost never appears as the main type on a coin.