Watch List notes:

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 165-42 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.90 g, 12h). New Style coinage. Antiochos, Karaichos, and Protog(e)–, magistrates. Struck 131/0 BC. Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing single-pendant earring and triple crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos and floral pattern / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; A-ӨE above ANT-IOXO/ KAPA/IXOΣ/ ΠPΩ/TOΓ (magistrates' names) in four lines across field; to right, elephant standing right; Z on amphora, ΣΦ below; all within wreath. Thompson 399a var. (legends; same obv. die); SNG Lockett 3537 var. (same; same obv. die); Gemini XI, lot 133 (same dies). Superb EF, toned, with light iridescence.


From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 41 (19 March 1997), lot 471.