Savoca Coins
Online Auction 30 | Silver 27 Jan 2019
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Attica. Athens. ΗΡΑ- (Hera-), ΑΡΙΣΤΟΦ- (Aristoph-), ΦΙΛΑN- (Philan-), magistrates circa 165-42 BC. Struck 136/5 BC
Drachm AR. New Style Coinage. Class III (α)
18 mm., 4,05 g.
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet, all within border of dots / A-ӨE, HPA, [A]PI-ΣTO, ΦΙΛΑ, owl standing right, head facing, on Panathenaic amphora, to left, club facing downward, draped in lion skin, [letter on amphora], all within olive-wreath.
very fine
Thompson 344b-d var. (shorter version of third magistrate's name); HGC 4, 1635.
Drachm AR. New Style Coinage. Class III (α)
18 mm., 4,05 g.
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet, all within border of dots / A-ӨE, HPA, [A]PI-ΣTO, ΦΙΛΑ, owl standing right, head facing, on Panathenaic amphora, to left, club facing downward, draped in lion skin, [letter on amphora], all within olive-wreath.
very fine
Thompson 344b-d var. (shorter version of third magistrate's name); HGC 4, 1635.