Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 142. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.83 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Struck 165-149/8 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with a palmette and griffin on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; A-ΘE across upper field, monogram to left and right, grain ear to lower left; all within wreath. Thompson 54 = McClean 5898 (same dies); BMC 290; SNG Lockett 1904. EF, toned, minor die wear on obverse. Very rare.