CNG 112, Lot: 191. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.84 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Mened–, Epigeno–, and Ophelu–, 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; Δ on amphora, ΣΩ below; all within wreath. Thompson 350f–g (same obv. die); HGC 4, 1602. Lightly toned, softly struck on obverse. Near EF.
Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 1225.