Triton XIV, Lot: 244. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.89 g, 11h). New Style coinage. Dorothe(os), Dioph-, and Nikodo(ros), magistrates. Struck 132/1 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 ΔΩP/OӨE/[N]IKO/[Δ]Ω/OYΛ ΔIOΦ (magistrates’ names) in five lines across field; to right, forepart of lion right; H on amphora, ΔI below; all within wreath. Thompson 388d (same obv. die). Near EF, lightly toned.