| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 3557 Price realized: 1,800 AUD (Approx. 1,181 USD / 1,081 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Attica, Athens, silver tetradrachm, (c.165-42 B.C.), 36mm, (16.78 g), New Style coinage, with the monograms or names, issue struck 182-181 B.C., (revised to 150-149 B.C.), obv. head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing a triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with a Pegasos in flight to right above the raised earpiece, rev. owl standing to right, head facing, on amphora, A-QE to left AM/MW, and to right DIO, to left a kerchnos, no letter on amphora, all within olive wreath, (cf.S.2555, Thompson 96x [with the same obverse die]). Struck on a broad flan, good very fine and very rare, the dies unpublished. Ex CNG Auction Sale December 7, 1994 (lot 1294 part). No examples known with these combination of dies. Thompson knows of only 26 tetradrachms from this date with 8 obverse and 21 reverse dies. Estimate: 1500 AUD |  |
