Triton XXVII - Session 2
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 380
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (26.5mm, 27.79 g, 11h). Posthumous issue under Ptolemy IV. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 219-217 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, radiate and filleted cornucopia; ΔI below. CPE 888; Svoronos 1117; Olivier & Lorber dies 3/7; SNG Copenhagen 196; BMC 103 (same dies); Bement 1851 (same dies); Boston MFA 2283; Kraay & Hirmer 803; Nanteuil 452 (same obv. die); Noeske 137; Pozzi 3239 (same obv. die); Weber 8264 (same obv. die). In NGC encapsulation 5785795-003, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5, Fine Style, edge marks, brushed.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (27mm, 27.82 g, 12h). Posthumous issue under Ptolemy IV. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 219-217 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, radiate and filleted cornucopia; ΔI below. CPE 888; Svoronos 1117; Olivier & Lorber dies 4/21, 214 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 196; SNG Lockett 3424 (same obv. die); BMC 103; Boston MFA 2283 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 803; de Luynes 3573 (same dies); Noeske 137. Some die rust, light marks, edge marks. Superb EF. From the Jeffrey H. Miller Collection. Ex Santa Barbara Museum of Art Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts I, 20 March 1975), lot 266.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. AR Pentakaidekadrachm (41.5mm, 51.81 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint(?). Struck under Ptolemy III, 245 BC. Veiled and draped bust right / BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ BEPENIKHΣ, cornucopia, bound with fillet, between two laureate pileoi. CPE 734; Svoronos 988; D. Vagi, "The Ptolemaic Pentakaidekadrachm" in SAN XX.1 (1997), pp. 5-10; H.A. Hazard, Ptolemaic Coins (Toronto, 1995), c1052 (dodecadrachm); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 4531056-003, graded XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5. Ex Heritage 3102 (2 November 2022), lot 31030; WTR Collection (Heritage 3097, 10 January 2022), lot 30039; John Whitney Walter Collection (Stack's Bowers Galleries, 16 August 2018), lot 20085; Stack's (2 December 1997), lot 644.The issue has traditionally been attributed to Berenike II, the daughter of Magas of Kyrene, and wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes. Hazard had proposed instead that it honored Berenike Syra, the sister of Ptolemy III and widow of the Seleukid king Antiochos II Theos. He argued that the coins were struck in Syria from locally-acquired silver to pay the Ptolemaic army deployed there to press the claim of Berenike's child to the Seleukid throne, though the two had been murdered in the interim, and that these coins were carried back to Egypt by the soldiers as pay. However, his argument was contingent upon the recognition that these were struck on the Attic standard, which is now not accepted. As noted in CPE this issue actually was a silver companion to a massive gold double mnaieion (double oktadrachm), that together represented a ceremonial coinage at Alexandreia whose types suggested they were associated with the Third Syrian War. If so, they presumably were issued to celebrate the successful return of Ptolemy III to Egypt from the battlefield.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.17 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 219-217 BC. Jugate draped busts right of Serapis and Isis / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted double cornucopia over shoulder, ΔI between legs. CPE 892; Svoronos 1123–4; Landvatter Group 4, 44 (O12/R34); SNG Copenhagen 197-8; Noeske 139; Boston MFA 2284; SNG Berry 1488; Dewing 2760. Lightly toned, trace deposits, hairline flan crack, faint cleaning marks. Good VF. This type is thought to have been issued in celebration of the Ptolemaic victory over the Seleukids at the battle of Raphia during the Fourth Syrian War. Official propaganda proclaimed that these two deities, Serapis and Isis, had intervened on behalf of the Egyptians, saving them from defeat (see C. Lorber, "The Ptolemaic Era Coinage Revisited," NC 2007, p. 116, and L. Bricault, "Serapis et Isis, Sauveurs de Ptolémé IV à Raphia," Chronique d'Égypte LXXIV (1999), pp. 334-43).Thomas Landvatter, in his 2012 die study, suggests that this issue was "carrying a very specific ideological message directed more widely throughout the empire: Ptolemy IV was equating himself and his wife Arsinoe with the divine sibling-spouses Serapis and Isis." Landvatter also notes that "[t]his was an ideological statement made during wartime, meant to have wide appeal and explicitly associate the Ptolemaic king and queen with two of the most popular deities in the Eastern Mediterranean." Indeed, the popularity of the Serapis/Isis cult would outlive the Ptolemaic dynasty and continue well into the Roman Imperial period, only to be eventually eclipsed by the Christian and Muslim faiths.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.09 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 219-217 BC. Jugate draped busts right of Serapis and Isis / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted double cornucopia over shoulder, ΔI between legs. CPE 892; Svoronos 1123–4; Landvatter Group 4, 51 (O12/R41); SNG Copenhagen 197-8; Noeske 139; Boston MFA 2284; SNG Berry 1488; Dewing 2760. Traces of die rust on obverse, hairline in field on reverse. Good VF. This type is thought to have been issued in celebration of the Ptolemaic victory over the Seleukids at the battle of Raphia during the Fourth Syrian War. Official propaganda proclaimed that these two deities, Serapis and Isis, had intervened on behalf of the Egyptians, saving them from defeat (see C. Lorber, "The Ptolemaic Era Coinage Revisited," NC 2007, p. 116, and L. Bricault, "Serapis et Isis, Sauveurs de Ptolémé IV à Raphia," Chronique d'Égypte LXXIV (1999), pp. 334-43).Thomas Landvatter, in his die study cited above that appeared in the 2012 ANS American Journal of Numismatics (Second Series, Vol. 24, p. 88), suggests that this issue was "carrying a very specific ideological message directed more widely throughout the empire: Ptolemy IV was equating himself and his wife Arsinoe with the divine sibling-spouses Serapis and Isis." Landvatter also notes that "[t]his was an ideological statement made during wartime, meant to have wide appeal and explicitly associate the Ptolemaic king and queen with two of the most popular deities in the Eastern Mediterranean." Indeed, the popularity of the Serapis/Isis cult would outlive the Ptolemaic dynasty and continue well into the Roman Imperial period, only to be eventually usurped by the Christian and Muslim faiths.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.10 g, 12h). Dora mint. Struck circa 205-200 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing right on thunderbolt; ΔΩ to left. CPE 1091; Svoronos 1262β (same obv. die); O. Mørkholm, "Some coins of Ptolemy V from Palestine" in INJ 5 (1981), 7–9 (obv. die A3); Olivier 2943–6 (obv. die D1); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 1294. Lightly toned, trace deposits, minor hairlines. Good VF. Very rare.
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KINGS of MAURETANIA. Kleopatra Selene. Queen, wife of Juba II, 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.34 g, 2h). Caesarea mint. KΛЄOΠΛTPΛ BACIΛI, diademed and draped bust left / Bull, head surmounted by globe, standing right. MAA 109; Mazard 393; Müller, Afrique 103; SNG Copenhagen –. Rough find patina, some marks. Near VF. Extremely rare, only one in CoinArchives (CNG 123, lot 272 [hammer $14,000]). From the D.M.K. Collection.Kleopatra Selene, along with her brothers Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphos, were brought to Rome following Octavian's victory at Actium. Kleopatra's hand was given to Juba II, Augustus' loyal client king of Mauretania, sometime between 26 and 20 BC. She reigned in Mauretania alongside Juba II and is frequently depicted with him, and rarely by herself, on the kingdom's silver coinage. The date of her death is a matter of debate, possibly occurring sometime around AD 4 or as late as AD 17. Her brothers presumably died in childhood, either naturally or by assassination.
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UNCERTAIN. 4th-1st centuries BC. AV (16mm, 0.75 g). Imitating Ephesos type. Bee; E-Φ flanking / Incuse of obverse. Cf. CNG 75, lot 376. Trace deposits, a few hairlines. EF. From the Kalevala Collection. Ex Heritage (17 February 2021), lot 63115.A variety of thin, uniface disks of this nature are known that have a single obverse type that imitates a known coin type (see, e.g., CNG 75, lot 376,with the obverse of coins of Ephesos [as here]; CNG 55, lot 359, [the reverse type of New Style Tetradrachms of Athens]; and CNG 55, lot 1866, [the reverse type of Sikyon staters]). Numerous coin issues could have influenced the type chosen here; among the most popular are facing heads of a satyr or Silenos. All of these pseudo-coins have no sign of attachment, are too thin for normal use, and are often found in burial sites. In ancient times, it was customary to place coins with the dead during burial so that the deceased could pay the boatman Charon to ferry them across the river Styx. These uniface tokens probably also served this same purpose.
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Arsakes I. 247-211 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.02 g, 12h). Nisa(?) mint. Head right, wearing bashlyk and earring / APΣAKOY to right, AYT OKPATOP [OΣ] to left, archer (Arsakes I) seated left on backless throne, holding bow. Sellwood 1.1; A&S 1/1 (same dies); Sunrise 234 = Shore 1 (same dies). Iridescent toning, porosity, edge bumps, scratch under tone on obverse, a couple of scuffs under tone on reverse. VF. Extremely rare. The first Parthian coin.
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KINGS of PERSIS. Baydād (Bagadat). Early 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.47 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with short beard, mustache, and earring, wearing kyrbasia with flaps tied behind / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Baydād standing right; standard to right; prs in Aramaic to outer left, bgwrt in Aramaic to inner left, prtrk' zy 'lhy' in Aramaic in exergue, bgdt in Aramaic to inner right. van't Haaff, Persis Type 515/519, example k = KM p. 21, fig. 6 = Sunrise 560 (same dies); KM 2/3a; Alram 519. Lightly toned, porosity, scapes, smoothing, doubling on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare.
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KINGS of PERSIS. Vādfradād (Autophradates) I. 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (16.5mm, 1.88 g, 12h). "Victory" type. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed head right, wearing kyrbasia / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Vādfradād standing right, being crowned with wreath by Nike standing behind; standard to right. van't Haaff, Persis –, but cf. Type 545 (drachm); K&M –, but cf. 2/23 (same); Alram –, but cf. 545 (same); Zeno –. Deposits, smoothing, cleaning marks. VF. Extremely rare.
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KINGS of PERSIS. Vādfradād (Autophradates) II. 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.80 g, 7h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Bearded head right, wearing diadem and kyrbasia adorned with eagle; crescent below / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; above, half-figure of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Vādfradād standing right, bow before; to right, eagle standing left on standard; traces of retrograde prtrk' = "fratarakā" in Aramaic in exergue. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 546 var. (no crescent below head); K&M 3/1 var. (same); cf. DeMorgan, p. 403 and pl. XXVIII, 8 (for obv.); Sunrise 574 var. (same); Zeno –. Bright surfaces, traces die rust, reverse die wear. EF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.
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BAKTRIA, Local issues. Sophytes. Circa 275-circa 266 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 8.04 g, 6h). Attic standard. Alexandria on the Oxus mint. Struck 271-266 BC. Male head right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with laurel wreath and wing on cheek piece: MNA on truncation of neck / ΣΩΦYTOY to right, cockerel standing right; kerykeion (caduceus) to left. Kritt, Andragoras Series 8, 1 (dies a1/p1); Jansari 11 (same obv. die); cf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes, Group 3A and pl. 1, 2; Taylor, Birds 244; SMAK pl. 30; HGC 12, –. Iridescent toning, slight die flaw on obverse. Near EF. Ex Roma XXIII (24 March 2022), lot 410.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos I Soter. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.34 g, 6h). In the name of Antiochos II of Syria. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ down right, ANTIOXOY down left, Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, aegis draped over outstretched left arm, and brandishing thunderbolt in right hand; in inner left field, wreath above eagle standing left. Kritt, New A8, Style 2; Holt Series A, Group 8; Bopearachchi 1A; SNG ANS 75; MIG Type 66a; SC 630; HGC 9, 234 (Antiochos II). Lightly toned, traces of underlying luster. Choice EF. With typical test cut in head.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos I Soter. Circa 255-235 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.22 g, 12h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΔIOΔOTOY to left, Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, extended left arm draped with aegis, preparing to hurl thunderbolt in right hand; in inner left field, N above eagle standing left. Kritt –; Holt –; Bopearachchi 5B; Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –; MIG Type 70b = BM Inv. 1888,1208.63 (same dies); HGC 12, 19. Scrape and small lamination on obverse, scratch on reverse, traces of underlying luster. Near EF. Very rare.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Diodotos II Theos. Circa 235-225 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.34 g, 6h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΔIOΔOTOY to left, Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, extended left arm draped with aegis, preparing to hurl thunderbolt in right hand; in inner left field, wreath above eagle standing left. Kritt, New, D7, Style 3; Bopearachchi 5A; SNG ANS 82; HGC 12, 20 corr. (mint); Triton XXVI, lot 460 (same obv. die, but later die state). Lightly toned, slight marks and cabinet friction, traces of underlying luster. EF. Rare without the typical test cut. Ex Oxus Collection (Roma XXII, 7 October 2021), lot 459.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I Theos Megas. Circa 225-200/195 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.52 g, 6h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Struck circa 206-200 BC. Diademed head right, with elderly features / BAΣIΛEYΩΣ to right, EYΘYΔHMOY to left, Herakles seated left on rock, holding club set on rocks; monogram below rock. Kritt A17; Bopearachchi 11A; MPHB A Group III, 246 (O69/R184 – this coin referenced and illustrated); SNG ANS 141 var. (monogram); MIG Type 89c; HGC 12, 40. Attractively toned, small die break on reverse. EF. Exceptional portrait. From the Columbus Collection. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1112.The coinage of Euthydemos exemplifies the superior realism of Hellenistic portraiture in Baktria. Over the approximately 25 years of his reign, the portrait of Euthydemos reflects the trials of his monarchy, as he is transformed from a vigorous, youthful appearance in his early coins to a weary, almost haggard, look in his later issues. The present coin is from the latest portrait group, which began to be seen in the issues following Euthydemos' successful resistance of the Seleukid king Antiochos III's siege of Baktra, circa 206 BC. In this portrait one may see that the years of tribulations, culminated by a particularly stressful war against the Seleukids, has clearly transformed this once energetic king. Nevertheless, Euthydemos was ultimately successful in his endeavors and firmly established his dynasty following his usurpation of the Diodotid throne.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I Theos Megas. Circa 225-200/195 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.52 g, 6h). Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Struck circa 206-200 BC. Diademed head right, with elderly features / BAΣIΛEYΩΣ to right, EYΘYΔHMOY to left, Herakles seated left on rock, holding club set on rocks; monogram below rock. Kritt A17; Bopearachchi 11A; MPHB A Group III, 244 (O69/R183 – this coin); SNG ANS 141 var. (monogram); MIG Type 89c; HGC 12, 40. Areas of iridescence. Near EF. From the JTB Collection. Ex North River Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 121, 6 October 2022), lot 645; Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1111.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Agathokles Dikaios. Circa 185-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.83 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEYΩΣ to right, AΓAΘOKΛEOYΣ to left, Zeus standing facing, holding scepter in left hand, and in right hand a statue of Hekate, who holds torch in each hand; monogram to inner left. Unpublished in the standard references. Light iridescent toning, circulation marks, slight double strike on obverse, edge marks. Near EF. From the Columbus Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 2003.Agathokles Dikaios ("the Just") is a near complete mystery to us in terms of his origins, rise to power and the extent of his realm. On his rare "pedigree" coinage he claims the previous Baktrian Kings Diodotos I, Euthydemos and Demetrios as his ancestors; however these were from rival houses and unlikely to be his true relations. The available evidence supports the conclusion that he was a usurper who seized control, or was appointed to rule, a portion of the vast, unwieldy kingdom along with his contemporaries Antimachos Theos, Pantaleon and Apollodotos I, whose coins were struck in the same 20 year span. Of his character we can deduce little aside from the personality hinted at by his extraordinary coin portraits, which depict a lean man with a head of tight, curly hair, a sharply pointed nose, compressed lips, and a bit of a mad gleam in his eye. This remarkable tetradrachm bears a particularly fine portrait. It also has a monogram – E above Y – that is hitherto unrecorded in the standard references and has not appeared in any auction record, making it unique according to current scholarship.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Agathokles Dikaios. Circa 185-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.45 g, 12h). Commemorative issue struck for Antiochos III of Syria. ANTIOXOY to right, NIKATOPOΣ to left, diademedhead of Euthydemos right / BAΣIΛEONTOS to right, AΓAΘOKΛEOYΣ to left; DIKAIOY in exergue, Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, extended left arm draped with aegis, preparing to hurl thunderbolt in right hand; in inner left field, wreath above above eagle standing left; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 13A (this coin cited); Bopearachchi & Rahman 164; MPHB 121 (O21bis/R61 – this coin); SNG ANS –; MIG –; HGC 12, 87. Slight traces of deposits in devices, light porosity, slight double strike on obverse. EF. Very rare. Ex Mr. K.-D. Walkhoff-Jordan Collection (Triton II, 1 December 1998), lot 590; Numismatic Fine Arts XXV (29 November 1990), lot 228.The attribution of the individual on this tetradrachm, one of the series of pedigree issues struck by Agathokles, has been the subject of much discussion. Based on his own coinage, the portrait here is that of Euthydemos I. The legend – ANTIOXOY NIKATOPOΣ – suggests one of the early Seleukid kings of that name, and attempts have been made to associate the Antiochos on this tetradrachm with Antiochos II, who is named on the issues of Diodotos I. Jens Jakobsson ("Antiochus Nicator, the Third King of Baktria?", NC 170 [2010], p. 25), while rightly arguing against Antiochos II as the person commemorated, offered no alternative. Brian Kritt, who recently has revisited the issue (New Discoveries in Bactrian Numismatics, Chapter 5), convincingly suggests Antiochos III as the mostly likely candidate. Antiochos III, whose historical epithet is Megas (the Great), conducted a vigorous series of campaigns in the East, including the subjugation of the Parthians, his victories in Bactria, including the capture of Aï Khanoum, and his subsequent campaigning in India (p. 80). Like Alexander before him (who also figures in the pedigree series), Antiochos would have been a figure worthy of emulation by Agathokles and with whom he would wish to be associated.
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.08 g, 12h). Commemorative issue struck for Euthydemos I Theos. EYΘYΔHMOY down right, ΘEOY down left, diademed head of Euthydemos right / BAΣIΛEYONTOΣ down right, ΑNTIMAXOY down left, ΘEOY in exergue, Herakles seated left on rocky outcropping, holding club set on knee; monogram to inner right. Bopearachchi 10A; Bopearachchi & Rahman 191-192; MPHB 10 (O1/R4 – this coin referenced); SNG ANS 297–8; MIG Type 129; HGC 12, 108. Deposits in devices, areas of corrosion, some roughness and smoothing. Good VF. Extremely rare. From the Bellwether Collection. Ex Trausnitz Collection (Nomos 19, 17 November 2019) , lot 203, purchased from Münzhandlung Athena, 1 June 1999; Giessener Münzhandlung 95 (9 March 1999), lot 429.