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NYINC Signature Sale 3072 15-16 Jan 2019
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LYCIA. Oenoanda. After 188 BC. AR didrachm (22mm, 8.18 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5. Dated year 3 (186/5 BC) Laureate head of Zeus right, lotus-tipped scepter over shoulder, B behind / Eagle with folded wings standing right on winged thunderbolt, Γ and grape bunch in right field. Ashton, NC 2005, 13bb.
From the Jack and Judy Cowan Collection.
Until about a decade ago, only a single coin of Oenoanda, the example in the British Museum, was known to exist. The discovery in the early 2000s of a significant group of didrachms brought many more examples to market and added significantly to our understanding of the coinage, revealing that at least three distinct issues, marked by a sequence of letters and symbols, were originally struck. The presence of the lotus-scepter over the shoulder of Zeus and the eagle-on-thunderbolt reverse motif both suggest a close affinity to the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD
LYCIA. Oenoanda. After 188 BC. AR didrachm (22mm, 8.18 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5. Dated year 3 (186/5 BC) Laureate head of Zeus right, lotus-tipped scepter over shoulder, B behind / Eagle with folded wings standing right on winged thunderbolt, Γ and grape bunch in right field. Ashton, NC 2005, 13bb.
From the Jack and Judy Cowan Collection.
Until about a decade ago, only a single coin of Oenoanda, the example in the British Museum, was known to exist. The discovery in the early 2000s of a significant group of didrachms brought many more examples to market and added significantly to our understanding of the coinage, revealing that at least three distinct issues, marked by a sequence of letters and symbols, were originally struck. The presence of the lotus-scepter over the shoulder of Zeus and the eagle-on-thunderbolt reverse motif both suggest a close affinity to the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD