Heritage World Coin Auctions
NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Ancients
BACTRIA. Early Hellenistic era. Sophytes (?) (ca. 325/305-294 BC). AR didrachm (18mm, 7.13 gm, 5h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 4/5. Imitating Athens, local weight standard. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over brow plate and palmette on bowl; W to left / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; to left, prow of galley right above grape bunch and leaf. SNG ANS 5 (same dies). HGC 12, 3 variant (local weight and W instead of monogram on obverse). Cf. Bopearachchi & Rahman 66-67. An extremely rare variant! A few small surface defects, otherwise well struck and lightly toned.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD
BACTRIA. Early Hellenistic era. Sophytes (?) (ca. 325/305-294 BC). AR didrachm (18mm, 7.13 gm, 5h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 4/5. Imitating Athens, local weight standard. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over brow plate and palmette on bowl; W to left / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; to left, prow of galley right above grape bunch and leaf. SNG ANS 5 (same dies). HGC 12, 3 variant (local weight and W instead of monogram on obverse). Cf. Bopearachchi & Rahman 66-67. An extremely rare variant! A few small surface defects, otherwise well struck and lightly toned.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD