Greek Silver & Bronze

  PrevNext  

Lot 3285    Session 11 (9.30am Thursday)    Greek Silver & Bronze

Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,100

ATTICA, Athens, (166-57 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.524 grams), issued 143-2 B.C., (Thompson date), but probably 111-110 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 right Artemis with torch, legend across **A QE, FANO KLH[S], to left downwards **APOL/LWNI/OS; QEO/[D]S, SW* below, H on amphora, all within wreath, (cf.S.2555, Thompson 705a [same dies]. Extremely fine and rare.

Ex Patrick Cooper Collection and with his ticket, and acquired from I.Vecchi in July 1983. The other known specimens noted by Thompson with all these legends and symbols and also from the same dies, are in the Athens and Berlin collections.

Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.

Quick find

View a lot by number and sale.

Adjacent lots

  • Lot 3283  

    ATTICA, Athens, (166-57 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.852 grams), issued 183-182 B.C., (Thompson date), but probably ...

    Estimate $600

  • Lot 3284  

    ATTICA, Athens, (166-57 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.830 grams), issued 171-170 B.C., (Thompson date), but probably ...

    Estimate $600

  • Lot 3285   This lot

    ATTICA, Athens, (166-57 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.524 grams), issued 143-2 B.C., (Thompson date), but probably ...

    Estimate $1,000

  • Lot 3286  

    ATTICA, Athens, (150-140 B.C.), AE 18, hemiobol, (5.83 grams), obv. head of Zeus to right, ...

    Estimate $150

  • Lot 3287  

    ATTICA, Aegina, (510-500 B.C.), silver stater, (11.414 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row ...

    Estimate $300