ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 16.83 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Hera–, Aristoph–, and Herako–, magistrates. Struck 136/5 BC. Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with the foreparts of four horses above the visor, Pegasos in flight rightward above the raised earpiece, and a curvilinear ornament on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; A-ӨE above HPA/ API-ΣTOΦ/ HPAKΩ (magistrates’ names) in three lines across field; to left, upright club, lion skin, and bowcase; Θ on amphora, ΓΛ below; all within wreath. Thompson 337a var. (control below amphora; same obv. die); HGC 4, 1602. Lightly toned, underlying luster, a few faint marks. Near EF.
