CNG 85, Lot: 360. Estimate $750. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.90 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Antiochos, Karaichos, and Egeso-, magistrates. Struck 131/0 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields, elephant to left, Λ on amphora, ME below; all within wreath. Thompson 401c (same dies). Good VF, a touch of porosity on obverse.