Triton XIV, Lot: 132. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.85 g, 11h). New Style coinage. Miki(on) and Theophra(stos), magistrates. Struck 137/6 BC. Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing necklace, pendent earring, and triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with the protomes of four horses above the visor, a Pegasos in flight rightward above the raised earpiece, and a curvilinear ornament on the shell / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; A-ӨE above MI/KI ӨEO/ΦPA (magistrates’ names) in three lines across field; to right, Nike driving quadriga right; Γ on amphora, MH below; all within wreath. Thompson 315c = Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 43, 10 (same dies). Near EF, lightly toned.