Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 613. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3800. 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 (8.33 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, wreath above eagle standing left. Holt Series A, Group 8; Bopearachchi Série 1A; SNG ANS 75; MIG Type 66a; SC 630; MACW -. EF, die flaw above head. Rare without test cut. ($5000)