Unpublished Variant MYSIA Pergamon 133BC

US$165.00

Obeverse Head of Athena right 

reverse owl perched on thunderbolt

unpublished variant, BMC 187 

Helmeted bust of Athena right, helmet decorated with a eight rayyed star.

Reverse.ΑΘHN(AΣ) NIKIΦOPO(Y), owl perched on thunderbolt.

Ref:Unpublished var.

Good very fine, patches of earthen deposit in fields.

 

All known examples of this issue show the owl above a palm brach and with control letters in fields. This appears to be an unpublished varient where the owl is perched on a thunderbolt and without control letters