Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 658. Closing Date: Jan 
  10, 2005. KINGS of BAKTRIA. Menander I. Circa 
  165/55-130 BC. Ĉ Octuple (19.72 gm, 12h). 
  Bilingual series. Estimate $500 Sold For $525 

BASILEWS SWTHROS MENAND[ROU], facing bucranium / 
"[Maharajasa tra]tarasa Menamdrasa" in Karosthi, 
tripod; monogram to right. Bopearachchi Série 29A 
var. (monogram); SNG ANS 934 var. (same); MIG Type 
233a var. (same); MACW 1799 var. (same). Near EF, 
black patina. Overstruck on a Bopearachchi Série 
25 Ĉ of Menander. ($500)

This monogram is only published on this 
denomination with the additional control marks of 
a crescent on the reverse and an 'A' on the 
obverse.

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