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Obolos 15

24 May 2020
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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  50 CHF
Lot 484

KINGS OF COMMAGENE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, with Iotape, AD 38-40 and 41-72. Oktachalkon (Bronze, 28 mm, 12.44 g, 12 h), late series with bevelled edge, with a re-validation countermark from Antioch, Samosata, c. 66-72. ΒΑCΙΛEYC MEΓ ANTIOXOC EΠI Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos IV to right; to right, round countermark with anchor flanked by A-N. Rev. KOMMAΓ-HNΩN around Scorpion; all within laurel wreath. ACV 199. BMC 4. Kovacs 257. RPC I 3856; for q/m Kovacs 2 = GIC 373. Fine portrait, brown patina. Some cleaning marks on obverse, otherwise, good very fine.



The countermark seems to have been applied on the coin shortly after 69 AD.

Online bidding closes: 24 May 2020, 19:02:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 15:13:27 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:50 CHF by aetius_nl (1 bid)
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