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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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BACTRIA. Early Hellenistic era. Sophytes (?) (ca. 325/305-294 BC). AR didrachm (20mm, 7.83 gm, 6h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. 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 / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; to left, prow of galley right above grape bunch and leaf. SNG ANS 5 variant (no obverse monogram, dies of different style). HGC 12, 3 variant (no obverse monogram). Cf. Bopearachchi & Rahman 66-67. An extremely rare variant, apparently unrecorded! Perfectly centered and deeply struck in sound metal, a gemlike piece!
HID02901242017
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD
BACTRIA. Early Hellenistic era. Sophytes (?) (ca. 325/305-294 BC). AR didrachm (20mm, 7.83 gm, 6h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. 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 / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; to left, prow of galley right above grape bunch and leaf. SNG ANS 5 variant (no obverse monogram, dies of different style). HGC 12, 3 variant (no obverse monogram). Cf. Bopearachchi & Rahman 66-67. An extremely rare variant, apparently unrecorded! Perfectly centered and deeply struck in sound metal, a gemlike piece!
HID02901242017
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD