290, Lot: 190. 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 (29mm, 16.80 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Phanokles, Apollonios, and Timokrates, magistrates. Struck 111/0 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; A on amphora; in right field, Artemis standing facing, holding torch with both hands; ΣΩ below; all within wreath. Thompson 700a. VF.
The name of Timokrates is almost illegible due to the re-cutting of the reverse die.