Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1003. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA. Sophytes. Circa 305-294 BC. AR Drachm (3.46 gm). Local standard. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet; monogram behind / Eagle standing left, head right; grape bunches on stalk above. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 2A; cf. SNG ANS 14 (no monogram); cf. MIG 26c (no monogram). VF, toned, light roughness on reverse. ($300)

The obverse monogram may be the same as that found on Baktrian Athena/Owl tetradrachms (cf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes 8, and SNG ANS 6).