445, Lot: 117. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.72 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Struck 165-149/8 BC. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; monogram to left, aphlaston and monogram to right, Λ on amphora, ΣΦ below; all within wreath. Thompson 257d corr. = de Luynes 2074 (letter on amphora; same dies); HGC 4, 1602. VF, toned, light porosity, die wear on obverse.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from Numismatic Fine Arts (Joel Malter), 14 February 1969.