Triton XIV, Lot: 227. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.87 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Polycharm(os), Nikog(enes), and Protim-, 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/NIKOΓ/ΠPO/TIM (magistrates’ names) in five lines across field; winged kerykeion to left, Λ on amphora, ME below; all within wreath. Thompson 379o; Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 49, 30 (both from same dies). Good VF, lightly toned.