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Auction 5  27 Oct 2019
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Lot 240

Estimate: 350 CHF
Price realized: 460 CHF
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Heliokles II, circa 90-75 BC. AE (Bronze, 17x22 mm, 7.79 g, 12 h), uncertain mint in eastern Gandhara or the western Punjab. ΒAΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΔIKAIOY - HΛIOKΛEOYΣ Diademed and draped bust of Zeus Basileus to right, with scepter over his left shoulder. Rev. 'Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreasa' (in Karoshti) Elephant walking right; below, monogram. Bopearachchi -, cf. 7 (elephant walking right). CNG E-Auction 399 (2017), 345 corr. (bust of Zeus not Heliokles II). HGC 12, -, cf. 384 (elephant walking right). Extremely rare and probably the finest of a very few known examples. Minor flan fault in the upper right corner on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.
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