Watch List notes:

EPEIROS. The Athamanes. Circa 168-146 BC. (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.53 g, 1 h). Veiled head of Dione right, wearing stephane. Rev. AΘ-A/MANΩN Athena standing left, holding owl in right hand and spear in left. Franke 3-26; HGC 3.1, 186. SNG Copenhagen 39. Stunning thick green-blue patina. Rare. Porosity, otherwise, very fine.



The goddess of Dione most probably was associated with the oracle of Zeus at Dodona in Epeiros.