Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 267

Price realized: 850 USD   (Approx. 793 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I Aniketos. Circa 200-185 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.17 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant skin / Herakles standing facing, crowning himself, holding club and lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1D; MPHB Group IIIB; SNG ANS 189; HGC 12, 63. Toned, corrosion, die rust, marks and scratches. Good VF.


Estimate: 500 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 266

Price realized: 800 USD   (Approx. 746 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I Aniketos. Circa 200-185 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.57 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant skin / Herakles standing facing, crowning himself, holding club and lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1D; MPHB Group IIIA; SNG ANS 187; HGC 12, 63. Areas of find patina, cleaning marks, some pitting, double strike on reverse. VF.


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 556Auction date: 21 February 2024
Lot number: 180

Price realized: 80 USD   (Approx. 74 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I Aniketos. Circa 200-185 BC. AR Obol (13mm, 0.49 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Herakles standing facing, crowning himself and holding club; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 3B; SNG ANS 194 and 197-20; HGC 12, 65. Deposits. Good VF.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557Auction date: 6 March 2024
Lot number: 163

Price realized: 3,500 USD   (Approx. 3,222 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.10 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident and cradling filleted palm frond; AP to inner right. Bopearachchi Série 1 (monogram unlisted), but cf. 5B (Æ; for monogram); Bopearachichi & Rahman 172 (same obv. die); MPHB Group IIIB, 342 = Lampasas Collection (CNG E-486), lot 297 = CNG E-410, lot 136 = Vecchi 2, lot 618; SNG ANS –; Qunduz –; Zeno –HGC 12, 106. Deposits, porosity, roughness, edge flaws. Good VF. Second recorded example of this monogram.


Estimate: 500 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 398

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.80 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident and filleted palm; monogram to inner right. Bopearachchi 1D; MPHB Group III, 248 (this coin referenced and illustrated); SNG ANS 276-7; HGC 12, 106. Iridescent toning. EF.

From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 94 (18 September 2013), lot 835; Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 827.


Estimate: 1000 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 277

Price realized: 1,600 USD   (Approx. 1,492 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.86 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident and cradling filleted palm frond; monogram to inner right. Bopearachchi 1D; MPHB Group III; SNG ANS 276-7; HGC 12, 106. Areas of find patina, scrapes and smoothing, applied deposits. VF.


Estimate: 300 USD