CNG 102, Lot: 293. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.87 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Hera–, Aristoph–, and Philan–, magistrates. Struck 136/5 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields, upright club, lion skin, and bowcase to left, I on amphora, ΓΛ below; all within wreath. Thompson 338a (same dies); HGC 4, 1602; Boston MFA 1103 (same dies); de Luynes 2083 (same dies). Superb EF, some die wear on reverse.

From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection. Ex Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 221.