Triton XX, Lot: 163. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.91 g, 11h). New Style coinage. Hera–, Aristoph–, and Mened–, 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/MENEΔ (magistrates’ names) in three lines across field; to left, upright club, lion skin, and bowcase; B on amphora, ΓΛ below; all within wreath. Thompson 331c–d (same obv. die); HGC 4, 1602; SNG Copenhagen 215 (same obv. die); McClean 5906 (same obv. die). EF. Well struck on a broad flan.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.