Triton XVIII, Lot: 521. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.74 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Hera-, Aristoph-, and Philan-, magistrates. Struck 136/5 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 HPA/API-ΣTOΦ/ΦIΛAN (magistrates’ names) in three lines across field; to left, upright club, lion skin, and bowcase; I on amphora, AN below; all within wreath. Thompson 335d = Pozzi 1601 (same obv. die). Near EF, a hint of toning around the devices.
From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 1218.