Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 485. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYCIA, Oinoanda. After 188 BC. AR Didrachm (8.30 gm, 12h). Dated year 2 (187/6 BC?). Laureate head of Zeus right; lotus-tipped sceptre over shoulder, B (year) behind / OINOAN/DEwN below in two lines, eagle standing right on winged thunderbolt, wings closed, sceptre (or sword) behind round shield in right field. Cf. BMC Lycia pg. 73, 1. Near EF, slightly double struck on the reverse. ($1000)

This coin and all the following coins in this group are struck from the same obverse die, which exhibits signs of increasing wear through the series. This and the following seven coins are struck from six different reverse dies.

See lot 484 for more information on the coinage of Oinoanda.