Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 528. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos I. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (8.35 g, 6h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Struck in the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Diademed head right / Zeus Bremetes left; to inner left, wreath above eagle standing left. Holt Series A, Group 8; Bopearachchi Série 1A; SNG ANS 75; SC 630. VF, wavy flan, slight doubling along edge, nick in field on reverse. Rare without test cut.