(BC 160-156) Orophernes - Tetradrachm

Orophernes, ca 160-156 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.82g). Diademed head of Orophernes right / Î’Î‘Î£Î™Î›Î•Î©Î£ ÎŸÎ¡ÎŸÎ¦Î•Î¡ÎÎŸÎ¥ ÎÎ™ÎšÎ—Î¦ÎŸÎ¡ÎŸÎ¥, 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 ÎœÎ—Î§Î¡ 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)
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