| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 308 Price realized: 7,500 GBP (Approx. 9,501 USD / 8,747 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Baktria, Sophytes AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 246/5-235 BC. Attic standard. Head of Seleukos(?) to right, wearing laurel wreathed Attic helmet decorated with spiral pattern on crest and eagle wings on cheek-guard; M on bust truncation / Cockerel standing to right; kerykeion behind, ΣΩΦYΤΟΥ to right. Jansari 71 (O2/R2) = Roma XV, 348 (same dies); cf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 3A, pl. I, 1; for type cf. SNG ANS 21-23 (drachm); Mitchiner 29 (drachm); Whitehead NC 1943, pp. 64, 1 and pl. III, 7-8 (drachm); Roma XIV, 365 var. (no M under truncation). 17.04g, 25mm, 6h. Extremely Fine; light flatness on rev. but otherwise a very pleasant example of this highly desirable type, with a pleasant light cabinet tone. Extremely Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 401 (hammer: GBP 16,000); Ex 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA. Estimate: 10000 GBP |  |
