Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 637. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.85 g, 11h). New Style coinage. Mened-, Epigeno-, and Sopha-, magistrates. Struck 135/4 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields; to left, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff; E on amphora, ΣΦ below; all within wreath. Cf. Thompson 352/351 (for obv. die/rev. with same 3rd magistrate and month). Near EF, toned, minor mark on jaw line of Athena.

From Collection C.P.A. Ex Gorny & Mosch 114 (4 March 2002), lot 101.

Thompson only records this 3rd magistrate on a single die, also from month E, but with different control letters below the amphora.