Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Plato AR Tetradrachm. Circa 145-140 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ ΠΛATΩNOΣ, Helios, radiate, standing facing in quadriga galloping to right; MT monogram in upper right field, MZ in exergue. Bopearachchi 3A; Bopearachchi & Rahman -; SNG ANS 631; Mitchiner 197; Qunduz 381; HGC 12, 167. 16.86g, 32mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; struck from a somewhat worn obv. die. Extremely Rare; only the fourth specimen to appear on the market in over 25 years, the others being offered at Roma Numismatics E-Sale 25, 27 February 2016, lot 175; Numismatic Fine Arts XXV, 29 November 1990, lot 234; Triton XII, 6 January 2009, lot 405 (= CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 790).
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.