CNG 106, Lot: 273. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.93 g, 11h). 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 in fields; to left, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff; Δ on amphora, HP below; all within wreath. Thompson 318b (same obv. die); HGC 4, 1602. Good VF, slightly weak strike on obverse.

From the George Bernert Collection.