Parthia(?), 'Athenian Series' AR Didrachm. Hekatompylos(?), circa 246/5-239/8 BC. Local standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl; monogram behind / Owl standing right, head facing; behind, prow and grape bunch on vine with leaf, AΘE before. Mitchiner 24, third illustrated specimen; cf. Roma XIV, 331; cf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A; cf. SNG ANS 6. 8.03g, 20mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare 'local standard' issue..
From the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA.