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- ID: 184
Submitter: Jean-Luc
Added: 1997-12-26
CAPPADOCIA.
Orophernes, c. 160-156 B.C.
AR-Tetradrachm.
Av.: Diademed head of Orophernes r.
Rv.: Athena standing l. with palm branch, crowning the king`s name, inl. field, owl seated on low column, below, monogram.
16,42 g.
Ref.: Simonetta, The Coins of the Cappadocian Kings (1977), p. 29, 1. Mørkholm, Some Cappadocian problems, NC 1962, 409-410.
BoC.: 17/2, 1992/3, p. 6.
FAKE – “The Galvano Boys”. For the comparision with the genuine pieces and the discussions see the BoC. One piece appeared 1991, another came a year later.