Parthia(?), 'Athenian Series' AR Tetradrachm. Hekatompylos(?), circa 246/5-239/8 BC. Attic standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl; monogram of Andragoras(?) behind / Owl standing right, head facing; behind, prow and grape bunch on vine with leaf, AΘE before. Roma XIV, 330; Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A; SNG ANS 3; N&A 40-42; Mitchiner -. 17.08g, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA.
Price realized | 600 GBP |
Starting price | 240 GBP |
Estimate | 400 GBP |