CNG 106, Lot: 559. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Local issues. Circa 295/3-285/3 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.43 g, 6h). Local standard. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region. Helmeted head of Athena right; uncertain monogram, or MN[A] to left / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; grape bunch above tail. SMAK pp. 64-70; Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry 19 (same obv. die); Bopearachchi,
Sophytes 5; Bopearachchi & Rahman 63; SNG ANS 1 var. (nothing behind Athena); HGC 12, 1 var. (same); Zeno –. VF, a few marks. Only two examples cited by Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry. None on CoinArchives.