Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1020. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I. Circa 225-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.51 g, 6h). Mint B (“Baktra”). Struck circa 225-220/218 BC. Diademed head right / Herakles seated left on rock, holding in his right hand a club set on rocks before his knee; monogram in upper left field. Kritt B2 = Bopearachchi Série 2C, 5 (same dies as plate coin); SNG ANS -. VF, toned. Extremely rare; only the second specimen of this type known, and the only one not in a public collection.