Triton XIV, Lot: 212. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.72 g, 11h). New Style coinage. Polycharm(os), Nikoge(nes), and Phanokle(ides), magistrates. Struck 133/2 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 ΠOΛY-XAPM/NIKOΓE/ΦANO/KΛE (magistrates’ names) in five lines across field; winged kerykeion to left, A on amphora, ΣΦ below; all within wreath. Thompson 367 var. (same obv. die; unlisted month/control letters combination). Near EF, lightly toned. Rare.