Triton XIX, Lot: 129. Estimate $750. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.78 g, 11h). New Style coinage. Mened–, Epigeno–, and Ariste–, 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/APIΣTE (magistrates’ names) in four lines across field; to left, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff in right hand; N on amphora, ME below; all within wreath. Thompson 355e (same dies); HGC 4, 1635. Good VF, lightly toned.
From the Leonidion Collection. Ex Jörg Müller Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 221, 28 October 2009), lot 383; Berk BBS 80 (18 January 1994), lot 212.