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Lot 38. Archebios AE22, elephant / owl, c. 90-80 BC, very rare
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(Sunday, April 15th, 19:19:00 CEST)
Current time: Friday, November 1st, 01:06:41 CET
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CHF 160.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 170.24 / USD 184.81 / GBP 142.38
Bid history
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CHF 160.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2012-04-15, 15:35:43
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Bidder 1
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eAuction #5, Lot 38. Estimate: CHF 200.00
Kings of Bactria. Archebios (c. 90-80 BC). AE square quadruple unit (22 mm, 6.88 g). Obv. BAΣIΛEOΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ, elephant walking right. Rev. Legend in karoshti around owl. Bop. Série 12B; SNG ANS 1308.
Very rare. Very fine.
Like a number of other Bactrian or Indo-Greek kings, Archebios is only known from his coins, which are usually found in Punjab near Taxila. He may have been a relative of Heliokles II, who used a similar coin type and titles.
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