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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 195

Estimate: 1000 USD
Price realized: 1600 USD
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.36 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Mened(emos), Epigen(es), and Sopha–, magistrates. Struck 135/4 BC. Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with the protomes of four horses above the visor, a Pegasos in flight rightward above the raised earpiece, and a curvilinear ornament on the shell / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; A-ӨE above ME-NEΔ/EΠI/ΓENO/ΣOΦA (magistrates' names) in five lines across field; to left, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff; E on amphora, ΔI below; all within wreath. Thompson 351a (same obv. die); HGC 4, 1602. Toned, some deposits on obverse, double struck on reverse. Near EF.
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