447, Lot: 103. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.89 g, 11h). New Style coinage. Mened(emos), Epi(genes), and Niko(gne)–, magistrates. Struck 135/4 BC. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates’ names across field; to lower left, head of elephant right; [E on amphora]; all within wreath. Thompson 356g (same obv. die); HGC 4, 1602. Toned, rough surfaces, some scratches. Near VF.

From the Rye Collection. Ex Massachusetts Historical Society/Adams Family Collection (Part I, Stack’s, 5 March 1971), lot 210 (part of).