Triton XIV, Lot: 200. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.85 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Timarcho(s), Nikag(oras), and Arches-, magistrates. Struck 134/3 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 TIM-APXO/NIKAΓ/APXEΣ (magistrates’ names) in four lines across field; to left, anchor facing downward with star to right; H on amphora, ME below; all within wreath. Thompson 364e (same obv. die). Good VF, die break on the obverse.