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512 - GREECE. NORTHERN PERSIA. Andragoras, 3rd century BCE (?) Diobol, 10 mm in diameter (1.24 g). c. 250s BCE (?) Obverse: Boar’s head facing right, leaping; behind it, a tuna. Reverse: Head of a roaring lion facing right within a square incuse field. Wünsch, KOINON VIII (2026) Series 1.3 No. 12 with Plate 1 (= this specimen!). RR! Published! Nearly very fine. Provenance: Formerly in the Klaus Grigo Collection. The boar/lion dioboli struck at an eastern mint can be classified as follows based on their mint marks: Some specimens of Series 1 feature a tuna on the obverse, as seen on the known models from Kyzikos. Series 2 depicts a scorpion beneath the lion’s head; Series 3 depicts grapes, with the latest specimens also featuring a monogram on the obverse. Since this monogram also appears on the Athena imitations that Taylor, AJN 31 (2019), attributes to Andragoras, Wünsch speculates that the boar/lion coins may also have been minted under the Parthian satrap.
GREECE. NORTHERN PERSIA. Andragoras, 3rd century BCE (?) Diobol, 10 mm in diameter (1.24 g). c. 250s BCE (?) Obverse: Boar’s head facing right, leaping; behind it, a tuna. Reverse: Head of a roaring lion facing right within a square incuse field. Wünsch, KOINON VIII (2026) Series 1.3 No. 12 with Plate 1 (= this specimen!). RR! Published! Nearly very fine. Provenance: Formerly in the Klaus Grigo Collection. The boar/lion dioboli struck at an eastern mint can be classified as follows based on their mint marks: Some specimens of Series 1 feature a tuna on the obverse, as seen on the known models from Kyzikos. Series 2 depicts a scorpion beneath the lion’s head; Series 3 depicts grapes, with the latest specimens also featuring a monogram on the obverse. Since this monogram also appears on the Athena imitations that Taylor, AJN 31 (2019), attributes to Andragoras, Wünsch speculates that the boar/lion coins may also have been minted under the Parthian satrap.