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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 196

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 3500 USD
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.86 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Dorothe(os), Dioph-, and Diokle(ides), magistrates. Struck 132/1 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 ΔΩP/OӨE /ΔIO/KΛE ΔIOΦ (magistrates' names) in four lines across field; to right, forepart of lion right; B on amphora, ME below; all within wreath. Thompson 384g = Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 46, 17 (same dies); HGC 4, 1602. Lightly toned over lustrous surfaces, slight die wear, a couple of light marks. EF. Well struck.

From the Ray Neff Collection.
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