Ilium.
Tetradrachm circa 188-133, AR 16.73 g. Head of Athena r., wearing laureate and triple-crested Attic helmet. Rev. Athena Ilias standing r. wearing polos and chiton, holding distaff in l. hand and filleted spear over r. shoulder; in inner l. field, monogram and, below, owl standing r., with head facing. In exergue, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ BMC –. Bellinger, Troy –. von Aulock –. Lexicon p. 439 and 1015 for magistrate name.
An apparently unrecorded variety of a rare type. Light tone, minor
marks, otherwise good very fine
Ex CGB sale 47, 2011, 103.