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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 8309698, member: 15481"]I threw in a couple of starting bids on the latest Roma e-sale. With the prices we have been experiencing lately, I didn’t think any of them would be successful. But lo and behold, one did:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470840[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Baktria, Sophytes </p><p><br /></p><p><i>AR Drachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 246/5-235 BC. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: 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</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Cockerel standing to right; kerykeion behind, ΣΩΦYΤΟΥ to right. </p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Jansari 47; Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 3A, pl. I, 3; SNG ANS 21-23; Mitchiner 29b; HGC 12, 14. , </p><p><br /></p><p>Size: 16mm Weight: 2.72g, 6h. Conservation: Good Very Fine; edge chipped in two places, accounting for the lighter weight. Very Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coin I find quite interesting. I really love the portrait. It looks like there is some horned silver on it, though. Would you have tried to remove it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 8309698, member: 15481"]I threw in a couple of starting bids on the latest Roma e-sale. With the prices we have been experiencing lately, I didn’t think any of them would be successful. But lo and behold, one did: [ATTACH=full]1470840[/ATTACH] Baktria, Sophytes [I]AR Drachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 246/5-235 BC. [/I] Obverse: 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 Reverse: Cockerel standing to right; kerykeion behind, ΣΩΦYΤΟΥ to right. Reference: Jansari 47; Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 3A, pl. I, 3; SNG ANS 21-23; Mitchiner 29b; HGC 12, 14. , Size: 16mm Weight: 2.72g, 6h. Conservation: Good Very Fine; edge chipped in two places, accounting for the lighter weight. Very Rare. From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection. This is a coin I find quite interesting. I really love the portrait. It looks like there is some horned silver on it, though. Would you have tried to remove it?[/QUOTE]
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