Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 138 18-19 May 2023
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Bactria, Local issue.
Didrachm, uncertain mint in the Oxus circa 295-283, AR 8.08 g. Head of Athena r., wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and a spiral palmette l.; in l. field, monogram . Rev. AΘE Owl standing r., head facing; behind, prow and grape bunch on vine with leaf. cf. Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry 47/48 (for obverse and reverse dies). cf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A and pl. 8 (tetradrachm). SNG ANS 6.
Very rare. Extremely fine
Ex Roma Numismatics sale XVII, 2019, 577. From the Collection of an Aesthete.
Didrachm, uncertain mint in the Oxus circa 295-283, AR 8.08 g. Head of Athena r., wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and a spiral palmette l.; in l. field, monogram . Rev. AΘE Owl standing r., head facing; behind, prow and grape bunch on vine with leaf. cf. Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry 47/48 (for obverse and reverse dies). cf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A and pl. 8 (tetradrachm). SNG ANS 6.
Very rare. Extremely fine
Ex Roma Numismatics sale XVII, 2019, 577. From the Collection of an Aesthete.