Baktria, Local issues. (Circa 295/3-285/3 BC). AR Obol. Extremely Rare
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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.