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Session Five - Tuesday, January 15, 2015 1:00 pm
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MPRESSIVE
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INT
S
TATE
E
UKRATIDES
I
T
ETRADRACHM
3113
Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I. Silver Tetradrachm
(16.9 g), ca. 171-145 BC
. Diademed, draped and cui-
rassed bust of Eukratides I right, wearing crested helmet
adorned with bull's horn and ear.
Reverse:
, the Dioskouroi, each holding
palm branch and couched lance, on horses rearing right; in
lower right field, monogram. Bopearachchi 6E; SNG ANS
465. Fully lustrous.
Mint State
.
Estimated Value ........................................ $2,000 - 2,500
3114
Baktrian Kingdom. Menander I. Silver Drachm (2.6 g),
ca. 165/55-130 BC
.
,
diademed and draped bust right, wearing crested helmet
adorned with bull's horn and ear.
Reverse:
Athena Alkidemos
left; in lower right field, PKA monogram. Bopearachchi 16E;
SNG ANS 868-73.
Mint State
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $300 - 350
3115
Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. Æ 29
(19.6), 285-246 BC
. Sicilian mint, probably Syracuse, under
Hieron II, ca. 265 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right.
Reverse:
, eagle standing left on thunderbolt;
in left field, Galatian shield. Svoronos 610; SNG Copenhagen
114. Dark brown patina with some lighter highlights. Virtually as
struck.
Nearly Mint State
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $400 - 500
3116
Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy III Euergetes. Æ 40 (47.0
g), 246-222 BC
. Alexandria. Head of Zeus-Ammon right,
wearing tainia.
Reverse:
, eagle
standing left on thunderbolt, head turned right, filleted cornuco-
piae at shoulder; between legs, monogram. Svoronos 974 (Ptol-
emy IV); SNG Copenhagen 227-9 (same).
Very Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $100 - 150
