Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Pantaleon AR Tetradrachm. Indo-Skythian imitation, circa 171-150 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right / Zeus enthroned to left, holding sceptre and statuette of Hekate, bearing two torches; BAΣIΛEΩΣ downwards to right, ΠΛΝYΛΛEOMTOΣ downwards to left, monogram to inner left. For prototype, cf. Bopearachchi 1A; Mitchiner 157a; HGC 12, 100; cf. CNG e322, lot 415 (inferior hybrid, hammer: 1,750 USD). 17.48g, 32mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; somewhat porous rev., planchet previously broken and then repaired. Imitating an exceedingly rare type of the enigmatic Pantaleon.
From a private European collection.