CNG 106, Lot: 566. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Strato I Soter. Circa 105-85/0 BC. Æ (24mm, 10.13 g, 12h). Apollo standing facing, holding arrow and leaning on bow set on ground / Tripod; monogram to inner left. Cf. Bopearachchi Série 31(for type); SNG ANS –; HGC 12, 348; R. Senior, “An Indo-Greek Overstrike,” ONS Newsletter 151 (Winter 1997), p. 10 = AIC 133 (this coin). VF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on an issue of Lysias. Important overstrike.

From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.