314, Lot: 111. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.13 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Kikogenes and Kallimaxos, magistrates. Struck 94/3 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; A[Π] and [Hermes] to right; [letter on amphora, letters below]; magistrates’ names across field; all within wreath. Thompson 1039 (same obv. die). VF, toned.

The figure of Hermes has been erased from the die, a common feature on this issue.