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Lot 38. Archebios AE22, elephant / owl, c. 90-80 BC, very rare

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Archebios AE22, elephant / owl, c. 90-80 BC, very rare

Time left: 		Bidding closed (Sunday, April 15th, 19:19:00 CEST)
Current time: Friday, May 3rd, 12:12:55 CEST
Price realised: CHF 160.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 164.22 / USD 176.28 / GBP 140.49
High bidder: Bidder 1

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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