KHWAREZMIA. Ärtramūš I. First half of 3rd century AD. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 12.80 g, 12h). Near VF.CNG Feature Auction 126 Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 10 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KHWAREZMIA. Ärtramūš I. First half of 3rd century AD. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 12.80 g, 12h). Diademed bust right, wearing cap-like headdress decorated with eagle; to left, Nike right, crowning him with wreath; crescent to right; all within bead-and-reel border / ƎIVEΩIEIΛV[...]Ξ above, wrtrmwš mlk’ in Khwarezmian below, King on horseback right; tamgha to left. Vainberg Б1 IV and pl. XXII, Б1 IV = Zeno 85992; Tolstov –; Whitehead –; Göbl, Dokumente –; MIG –; Sunrise – Zeno –. Areas of find patina, porous, crystallized, edge slightly chipped. Near VF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives, only the Vainberg scan in Zeno. |