Numismatically Important

401, Lot: 116. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.76 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Sokrates, Dionysodo–, and Artem(on), magistrates. Struck 116/5 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields, Apollo Delios to right, X on amphora, ΣΦ below; all within wreath. Thompson 622/621f (for same obv./rev. dies); HGC 4, 1602. VF, toned, slightly off center on obverse.

This coin clarifies the reading of the reverse controls of Thompson 621f, while also providing a reverse die link between Thompson’s obverse dies 621 and 622.