TYPE Ancient Greece, Baktrian Kingdom, Lysias I (120-110 BC), square bronze hemiobol (18x16mm), Panjhir mint, 7.90g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Bust of Herakles to r., club over shoulder, Greek legend VASILEOS ANIKITOU LYSIOU ("of undefeated king Lysios") Rev: Elephant standing right, analogous Karosthi legend around, monogram in field REFERENCE: ANS 1053, Mit 1837 GRADING: AVF, green patina, rare ORDER INFO: G3232, $115 Interesting and rare bilingual type, spreading the Greek Heraklean mythology all the way to the Hindu-kush, and combining it with a native exotic animal (though it might appear here more like a wooly mammoth - at least not to be confused with the African elephant present on some other ancient coins).