367, Lot: 187. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.04 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Hera-, Aristo(ph)-, and Phila(n)-, magistrates. Struck 136/5 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields; to left, club facing downward, draped in lion skin; [letter on amphora]; all within laurel wreath. Thompson 344b–d var. (same obv. die, shorter version of third magistrate’s name); HGC 4, 1635. Fine, rough find patina. Rare variety.