Very Rare New Style Hemidrachm

414, Lot: 194. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12.5mm, 1.75 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Pole(mon), Alke(tes), and Dio(nysodo-) magistrates. Struck 125/4 BC. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names across field; all within wreath. Thompson 474b (same dies); HGC 4, 1643. VF, rough surfaces. Very rare.