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Auction 131  22-25 Nov 2022
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Lot 1750

Estimate: 250 AUD
Price realized: 220 AUD
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Attica, Athens, (166-57 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.69 g), issued 169-8 B.C., (Thompson date) but probably 137-6 B.C. (revised chronology), obv. head of Athena Parthenos to right wearing triple-crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with Pegasus, rev. owl standing to right, head facing, in erect posture, on prostrate amphora, to left anchor, legend across A QE, to left MI/KI, to right QEO/FRA, uncertain on amphora, (cf.S.2560, cf.Thompson 326 [same obverse die], SNG Leake 3233, cf. BMC 472, HGC 4, 1635). Fine and very rare.

Ex Sotheby's, London, July 21, 1971 (lot 438 part).

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