129, Lot: 175. Estimate $300. Sold for $430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Sophytes. Circa 305-294 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Local standard. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet; monogram behind / Eagle standing left, head right; grape bunches on stalk above. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 2A; cf. SNG ANS 14 (no monogram); cf. MIG 26c (no monogram). Good VF, some porosity.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 925.

The unattested monogram may be the same as that found on Baktrian Athena/Owl tetradrachms (cf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes, Series 8, and SNG ANS 6).