Triton XIV, Lot: 246. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.82 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Dorothe(os), Dioph-, and Antiloch(os), 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/ANTI/ΛOX ΔIO[Φ] (magistrates’ names) in five lines across field; to right, forepart of lion right; M on amphora, ME below; all within wreath. Cf. Thompson 389/390f (same obv. die/rev. type). Near EF, lightly toned.