| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 135 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 4127 Price realized: 550 AUD (Approx. 364 USD / 336 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, (129-128 B.C.) or revised date 97-96 B.C., (16.29 g), obv. head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with Pegasos, dotted border, rev. owl standing right, head facing on prostrate amphora, to right Pegasus to left, A QE across, across and left API-STI-WN, to left FI/LWN, over APO/EMO, below amphora SO, on amphora letter A, all within olive wreath, (cf.S.2555, Thompson 959 [same dies] = Berry Collection, Svoronos Pl.68, 10 = Berlin Collection not in SNG Berry, another in ANS Collection], HGC 4, 1602). Very fine/good very fine, toned, on a small flan as usual, rare. Ex Superior Stamp and Coin auction Sale, May 31, 1999 (lot 919 part). Type represented in Thompson 'The New Style Coinage of Athens' Thompson 959 from same dies. Thompson reports 118 known tetradrachms of these magistrates from 30 obverse and 70 reverse dies. There is a difference of 32 year less between Thompson and the suggested revised chronology. This would make this issue 97-96 B.C. Estimate: 900 AUD |  |
