Referenced by Thompson
CNG 111, Lot: 162. Estimate $500. Sold for $1201. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.82 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Metrodoros, Demosthen(es), and Eukra(tes), magistrates. Struck 115/4 BC. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields; grape bunch on vine to right; I on amphora, ΣO below; all within wreath. Thompson 642a (
this coin referenced); HGC 4, 1602. VF, attractive cabinet tone.
From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from Marcell Silton, 14 February 1969. Ex Edmund Zygman Collection.