Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 612. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BAKTRIA. Diodotos I, in the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (8.28 gm, 6h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head right / BASILEWS ANTIOCOU, Zeus advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt in right hand, aegis draped over extended left arm; in inner left field, N above eagle standing left. Cf. Holt Series A, Group 7 (tetradrachm); Bopearachchi -; SNG ANS -; cf. MIG Type 63 (for type); SC 629; MACW -. EF, typical test cut, small die flaw in obverse field. ($2000)