409, Lot: 232. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamon. Early-mid 2nd century BC. Æ (20mm, 5.22 g, 12h). Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right within wreath / Owl standing right, head facing. Cf. SNG BN 1898–9 (wreath on rev.); SNG von Aulock 7488 corr. (wreath not noted). Good VF, dark earthen green patina, slight roughness. Very rare.

The Aulock piece was struck on a compact flan, but traces of the wreath are visible around the periphery of the obverse.