CNG 112, Lot: 182. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35.5mm, 16.91 g, 1h). New Style coinage. Struck 165-150/49 BC. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; two monograms flanking; to right, two coiled serpents right; B on amphora; all within wreath. Thompson 74–80 (unlisted obv. die); HGC 4, 1602. Darkly toned. Good VF. Struck on a broad flan.

From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXX (11 June 1994), lot 127.