389, Lot: 163. Estimate $750. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.98 g, 11h). New Style coinage. Polycharm–, Nikog–, and Philodr–, magistrates. Struck 133/2 BC. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names across field; winged kerykeion to left, Γ on amphora, ΔI below; all within wreath. Thompson 378a corr. (name of third magistrate, 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 140.