389, Lot: 161. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.86 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Mened–, Epigeno–, and Ophelou–, magistrates. Struck 135/4 BC. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names across field; to left, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff; Δ on amphora, HP below; all within wreath. Thompson 350b (same obv. die); HGC 4, 1635. EF, lightly toned.
From the collection of Texas Wine Doctor. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXVIII (8 December 1993), lot 129.