★ Unusual retrograde inscription ★
Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare circa 100-0 BC.
Bronze Æ
14mm., 2,82g.
Helmeted head of Athena right / ΛAOΔIKE[...] THΣ IEΡAΣ [...]YTONOM[...] (retrograde), owl standing right, head facing, K in left field, ΗΛI (retrograde) below.
very fine
BMC Galatia etc., - (for type: cf. SNG München 853 & SNG Copenhagen 322). From The Tareq Hani collection