Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 1750 SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 24TH NOV) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $220
ATTICA, Athens, (166-57 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.69 g), issued 169-8 B.C., (Thompson date) but probably 137-6 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 left anchor, legend across **A QE*, to left MI/KI, to right **QEO/FRA*, uncertain on amphora, (cf.S.2560, cf.Thompson 326 [same obverse die], SNG Leake 3233, cf. BMC 472, HGC 4, 1635). Fine and very rare.
Ex Sotheby's, London, July 21, 1971 (lot 438 part).
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