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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1030. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006. 
Sold For $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Agathokles. Circa 185-180 BC. NI Unit (3.91 g, 12h). Bust of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, thyrsos over left shoulder / Panther standing right, right paw touching ivy vine to right; trace of monogram in exergue. Cf. Bopearachchi Série 6B; SNG ANS 239 var. (monogram). VF, black-green patina with dusty lighter green overtones. An unpublished variety of a rare denomination.