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Coin ID #7605

(BC 160-156) Orophernes - Tetradrachm

Orophernes, ca 160-156 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.82g). Diademed head of Orophernes right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΟΡΟΦΕΡΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, Nike standing left, crowning royal name with right hand and holding palm branch in left, in inner left field owl standing three-quarters left on altar above ΜΗΧΡ monogram. Among the greatest rarities of the Hellenistic portraiture. Slight "ghosting" on obverse, lightly toned, aEF.

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Filename:11466.jpg
City/Mint name:Kings of Kappadokia
Keywords:silver / hellenistic
References:H. Salvesen, "The tetradrachm of Orophernes," in Nomismatika Khronika 21 (2000), pp. 8-16; Simonetta p. 29, 1 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 1018 (same obv. die)
Valuation:Gemini Auc. Ii (1/2006), lot 129 ($72,000 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Gemini, LLC - www.geminiauction.com
Filesize:73 KiB
Date added:Sep 21, 2010
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