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424, Lot: 266. Estimate $500.
Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BAKTRIA, Local issues. Circa 295/3-285/3 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.07 g, 12h). Local standard. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region. Helmeted head of Athena right; trace of grape bunch on helmet bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind. SMAK pp. 64-70; Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry 8 (same dies); Bopearachchi, Sophytes –; Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –; HGC 12, –; Zeno –; CNG 106, lot 556 (same obv.die). VF, toned, flatly struck on helmet. Only one example of this die pair cited by Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry.