Pars Coins

Auction 18  –  30 August 2021

Pars Coins, Auction 18

Ancient and World Coins, U.S. Coins, Antiquities and Bank Notes

Mo, 30.08.2021, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Description

ARABIA. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. Billon or Æ Tetradrachm (13.86 gm; 23 mm). Crude head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin (also resembles Zeus-Ammon) / Zeus-Shamash seated left, holding horse and sceptre; tree to left, ?, in left field, monogram in right field, legend behind sceptre. Arnold-Biucchi, "Arabian Alexanders", in Mnemata: Papers in honor of Nancy M. Waggoner, 25; Potts, Pre Islamic Coinage of Eastern Arabia 408. Nice dark brown-reddish patina. Choice EF. Rare.

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Price realized 270 USD
Starting price 240 USD
Estimate 400 USD
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