Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1032. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006. Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Pantaleon. Circa 185-180 BC. Nickel Double Unit (8.03 g, 11h). Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, thyrsos over left shoulder / Panther standing right, left paw raised;
FI to left. Cf. Bopearachchi Série 2B; cf. SNG ANS 262; cf. MIG Type 160c; Spink 165 (8 October 2003), lot 140. Good VF, gray-blue patina, light encrustation. Struck with an obverse die of fine style. Extremely rare.