Gemini, LLC
Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Athens during occupation by Sulla. 86-84 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.10g (11h). Attica, Athens, 87/6 BC. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, bowl decorated with griffin. Rx: Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora, monograms to left and right. Thompson 1328. Flatly struck on Athena's neck and the amphora, much better quality than usual. Toned VF
Ex Richard P. Miller Collection
The two monograms are interpreted as ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΤΑΜΙΟΥ, Marcus the treasurer. These imitations were struck by a camp mint of the Roman general Lucullus (they are mentioned by ancient sources under the nickname Leukolleia) while his colleague Cornelius Sulla was engaged in besieging Athens (Ch. Boehringer, Zur Chronologie mittelhellenistischer Münzserien, pp. 28-31)
Ex Richard P. Miller Collection
The two monograms are interpreted as ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΤΑΜΙΟΥ, Marcus the treasurer. These imitations were struck by a camp mint of the Roman general Lucullus (they are mentioned by ancient sources under the nickname Leukolleia) while his colleague Cornelius Sulla was engaged in besieging Athens (Ch. Boehringer, Zur Chronologie mittelhellenistischer Münzserien, pp. 28-31)