CNG 106, Lot: 274. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 1696 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Niketes, Dionysios, and Demo-, magistrates. Struck 97/6 BC. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names in fields; gorgoneion to right; Γ on amphora, ΣO below; all within wreath. Thompson 935b (same dies); HGC 4, 1602. Good VF, toned, die breaks on obverse.

From the R. West Collection. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 272.