CNG 112, Lot: 190. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.71 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Mened–, Epigeno–, and Diodo–, magistrates. Struck 135/4 BC. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields; to left, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined scepter; B on amphora, HP below; all within wreath. Thompson 349a (same dies); HGC 4, 1602. Toned, area of slight roughness. EF.
Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 579.