CNG 108, Lot: 145. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2007. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.88 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Antiochos, Karaichos, and Menan–, magistrates. Struck 131/0 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields; to right, elephant standing right; I on amphora, ME below; all within wreath. Cf. Thompson 400/399f (for obv./rev. dies); HGC 4, 1602; SNG Copenhagen 213 (same rev. die). EF, toned.
Ex Waddell inventory 50255 (ND); Redpath Collection (Gemini X, 13 January 2013), lot 52, hammer $2000.