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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eparch, post: 4576545, member: 89211&quot;][USER=26302]@medoraman[/USER] - I share your interest in these early Baktrian issues .</p><p><br /></p><p>I will attempt to answer your questions :</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; I find HGC 12 a good reference - in it, Hoover divides these early issues into four groups. The first group he numbers 1 to 3 in his catalogue (yours is 3) so this makes them the earliest Baktrian coins in his opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an example of HGC 12 1 </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133053[/ATTACH]</p><p>Baktria, &#039;Athenian Series&#039; AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 261-239/8 BC (date contentious)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>. 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 behind / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind, grape bunch over tail, AΘE before. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. These group 1 owls come first . minted to Attic weight standards</p><p>Groups 2 to 4 are to a lower local weight standard .</p><p>Group 2 - same design as group 1 , but local weights</p><p>Group 3 - eagle reverse - here is my example</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133055[/ATTACH]</p><p>Parthia(?), &#039;Eagle series&#039; AR Drachm. Hekatompylos(?), circa 246/5-239/8 BC. Local standard.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;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 / Eagle standing left, head right; behind, grape cluster on vine with leaf, and kerykeion (caduceus) above.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Group 4 -cock reverse with Sophytes legend - which answers your 3rd</p><p>question (sadly I don&#039;t have one)</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Group 1 were closely imative&nbsp; of Athenian issues ,including</p><p>ships prows.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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