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Triton XVII, Lot: 222. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.78 g, 11h). New Style coinage. Mened–, Epigeno–, and Diod–, magistrates. Struck 135/4 BC. Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing single-pendant earring and triple crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos and floral pattern / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; A-ӨE above ME-NEΔ/EΠI-/ΓENO/ΔIOΔ (magistrates’ names) in four lines across field; to left, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff in right hand; B on amphora, ΓΛ below; all within wreath. Thompson 349c (same obv. die); Malter 48 [Wilkinson Collection], lot 525 (same dies). EF, lightly toned. Well centered strike.


From the RR Collection.