BAKTRIA, Apollodotos I Soter, (c.174-165 B.C.), square AE bronze, denomination B (9.62 g), Paropamisadai or Gandhara mint, obv. Apollo standing facing, head radiate, holding arrow and bow resting on ground, rev. tripod, monogram AP to right, (S.7594, Bop. series 6B, SNG ANS 346-8, HGC 12, 120); Hermaeus, (c.105-90 B.C.), Indo-Scythian imitation, round AE billon tetradrachm (Indian issue), (8.16 g), struck early 1st century B.C., obv. diademed bust of Hermaeus to right, rev. great king Zeus enthroned to left, monogram before, (S.7738, Bop. Series 20o, M.421a, M.2042, SNG Cop. 362-4, HGC 12, 308). Very fine, both scarce. (2)
Ex Glendining's London, July 5, 1972 (lot 409 part).