388, Lot: 215. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. Æ (15mm, 1.64 g, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / Dioskouros, [holding spear], on horse rearing right. Bopearachchi 12A; HGC 12, 144. Fine, rough green and brown patina, a few minor cleaning scratches. Extremely rare, Bopearachchi cites only a single example in the BM.