389, Lot: 164. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.93 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Antiochos, Nikog–, and Antiloch–, magistrates. Struck 131/0 BC. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names across field; elephant to right, A on amphora, ME below; all within wreath. Thompson 396a (same dies); HGC 4, 1635. EF, lightly toned.
From the collection of Texas Wine Doctor. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXVIII (8 December 1993), lot 145.