CNG 85, Lot: 550. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos I. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.24 g, 6h). In the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head right / Zeus Bremetes advancing left; to inner left, N above eagle standing left. Cf. Holt Series A, Group 7 (tetradrachm); Bopearachchi -; SNG ANS -; SC 629; CNG 84, 783 (same dies). Good VF. Missing the typical obverse test cut.