448, Lot: 101. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.80 g, 11h). New Style coinage. Hera–, Aristoph–, and Eche–, magistrates. Struck 136/5 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields, upright club, lion skin, and bowcase to left, H(?) on amphora, ΓΛ below; all within wreath. Thompson 336c (same obv. die); HGC 4, 1602. Toned, die break on obverse. VF.
From the Rye Collection.