Parthia(?), 'Eagle series' AR Drachm. 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; uncertain symbol behind / Eagle standing left, head right. Roma XV, 327; Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 2A; SNG ANS -; Mitchiner -; N&A -; Roma XVI -; cf. CNG e304, 185 (hemidrachm). 3.58g, 14mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. The second known example.
From the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA.