Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1129. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $3400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Antialkidas. Circa 115-95 BC. AR Tetradrachm (9.83 g, 12h). 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, traces of iridescent toning around devices. Great portrait. Extremely rare. ($5000)

Ex Peus 345 (1-3 November 1995), lot 389.