Baktria, Local issues. Circa 295/3-285/3 BC. AR Obol. Rare 0.81gm, 10mm. Local standard. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region. Kalathos / Double
bodied owl with single facing head. Zeno-361612 (It's me there) / Cf. SMAK p. 70 (for chronology) / Bopearachchi, Sophytes 10 = SNG ANS 11. Good very fine. Extremely
rare.
The object on the obverse was
previously described as an “uncertain object”, but a comparison with
Athenian coinages, which this series generally imitates, reveals that it
must be a kalathos which
is represented on a variety of issues at Athens. |