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CCE Signature Sale 3054 7-8 April 2017
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ATTICA. Athens. Ca. 165-42 BC. AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.77 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. New Style issue, struck 129/8 BC, Dioge(nes), Posei(don?), and Dorphe(os?), magistrates. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmeted ornamented with vine scroll, leaping griffin and four horse protomes / A-ΘE, owl standing right on overturned amphora, head facing, standing figure of Dionysus holding thyrsus to left, ΔΙΟ-ΓΕ, ΠΟΣ, and ΔΩΡ-ΘΕ across fields; in left field, anchor and star; I on amphora, ME below; all within wreath. Thompson 416 var. (different last magistrate). HGC 4, 1602. High-relief strike in bright, sound metal.
Estimate: 900-1200 USD
ATTICA. Athens. Ca. 165-42 BC. AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.77 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. New Style issue, struck 129/8 BC, Dioge(nes), Posei(don?), and Dorphe(os?), magistrates. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmeted ornamented with vine scroll, leaping griffin and four horse protomes / A-ΘE, owl standing right on overturned amphora, head facing, standing figure of Dionysus holding thyrsus to left, ΔΙΟ-ΓΕ, ΠΟΣ, and ΔΩΡ-ΘΕ across fields; in left field, anchor and star; I on amphora, ME below; all within wreath. Thompson 416 var. (different last magistrate). HGC 4, 1602. High-relief strike in bright, sound metal.
Estimate: 900-1200 USD