Sale: Triton X, Lot: 460. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Amyntas. Circa 75-65 BC. AR Drachm (2.52 g, 12h).
BASILEWS NIKHFOROS AMUNTOU, diademed heroic bust left, seen from behind, wearing aegis and brandishing spear in right hand / “Maharaja jayadharasa Amitasa” in Karosthi, Zeus enthroned facing slightly left, holding statue of Athena in extended right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm; monogram to left. Bopearachchi Série 12A; SNG ANS 1248; MIG Type 392; MACW 1994. EF, slight die shift, struck a little softly.
Ex Michael Sarnefors Collection (Part I, New York Sale XI, 11 January 2006), lot 451.