442, Lot: 645. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Time of Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (20mm, 5.39 g, 5h). Helmeted head of Athena right / AΘHN-A-I-ΩN, Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear and shield. Kroll 318; Svoronos pl. 86, 6-12. VF, dark brown patina.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 41 (19 March 1997), lot 1380.

Sear (1982) opines that “this type probably represents the brass statue of Athena Promachos on the Akropolis.”