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Lot 80. Athens AR New Style Tetradrachm, 144/143 BC

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Athens AR New Style Tetradrachm, 144/143 BC

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Bidding closed (Sunday, December 17th, 19:26:40 CET)
Current time: Sunday, April 28th, 08:22:00 CEST

Price realised: CHF 480.00 (2 bids)
Approx. EUR 490.59 / USD 524.66 / GBP 420.13

High bidder: Bidder 2

eAuction #58, Lot 80. Estimate: CHF 500.00

Attica, Athens. AR Tetradrachm (28 mm, 16.78 g), 144/143 BC. New Style issue. Charinautes, Aristeas, and Nika-, magistrates.
Obv. Head of Athena right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos springing right.
Rev, A-ΘE, owl standing right, head facing, on overturned amphora; in fields, magistrates' names: XAPI/NAY/THΣ/NI/KA - APIΣ/TEAΣ; in right field, Artemis Phosphoros standing facing, holding two torches; A on amphora, ME below; all within laurel wreath.
Thompson 686.

An attractive coin of the New Style silver series of Athens. Very fine to extremely fine.

Purchased privately from C.O.F.O.P. Placements, France, in 1991.



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