| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61518 | Auction date: 30 June 2025 |
| Lot number: 23079 Price realized: 5,500 USD (Approx. 4,694 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients BACTRIA. Early Hellenistic era. Sophytes (ca. 325/305-294 BC). AR didrachm (20mm, 7.95 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, die shift. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, ca. 246-235 BC, Attic standard. Head of Sophytes or Seleucus I(?) right, wearing laureate crested Attic helmet, cheek flaps decorated with wings, the crest decorated with guilloche pattern; MNA on bust truncation / ΣΩΦYΤΟΥ, cock standing right; caduceus in upper left field. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 3A, pl. I, 2. Cf. HGC 12, 3 (drachm). Cf. SNG ANS 21-23 (same). Cf. Mitchiner 29 (same). High relief and nicely centered with a pleasant ivory backlight. From the LII Collection of Historical Coins and Medals. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3102 (2 November 2022), lot 31032; Roma Numismatics, Auction XXII (7 October 2021), lot 455; 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA. www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/bactria-early-hellenistic-era-sophytes-ca-325-305-294-bc-ar-didrachm-20mm-795-gm-6h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-3-5-fine-style-die/p/61518-41016.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61518-06302025 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Certification number: NGC 6330711001 |  |
