Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 517. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of CHARACENE. Meredates. Circa mid 140s AD. Æ Tetradrachm (16.37 gm). Bust right wearing diademed tiara; countermark: tied diadem(?) /
MERED[...] [UI] FOBA BAC
IL[...], turreted bust of Tyche right; [date in exergue]. Alram 506; cf. BMC Arabia pg. 311, 2; cf. De Morgan pg. 538, 30. VF, dark red-brown patina. An apparently unpublished countermark in this series. ($200)
Ex Peus 332 (23-28 October 1991), lot 305.