Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 2590 SESSION 12 (9.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $1,200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
ATTICA, Athens, silver tetradrachm, (125-124 B.C.) or revised date 93-92 B.C., (16.65 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 headress of Isis to left, **A QE across, across and left **DHME-AS*, to left EPMO, over **KLHS, LU/[EUP]EI*, below amphora **DH*, on amphora letter K, all within olive wreath, (cf.S.2555, Thompson 1060c [same obverse die, possibly the same reverse die], HGC 4, 1602). Toned, good very fine, very rare symbol.
Ex Superior Stamp and Coin auction Sale, May 31, 1999 (lot 917). ^^Type represented in Thompson 'The New Style Coinage of Athens' cf.Thompson 1060. There is a difference of 32 years less between Thompson and the suggested revised chronology. This would make this issue 93-92 B.C.
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 2588
ATTICA, Aegina, (c.480-457 B.C.), silver triobol (2.15 g), obv. Turtle with smooth shell, rev. large ...
Estimate $400
Lot 2589
ATTICA, Athens, silver tetradrachm, (128-127 B.C.) or revised date 96-95 B.C., (16.46 g), obv. head ...
Estimate $1,200
Lot 2590 This lot
ATTICA, Athens, silver tetradrachm, (125-124 B.C.) or revised date 93-92 B.C., (16.65 g), obv. head ...
Estimate $1,200
Lot 2591
CORINTHIA, Corinth, (350-306 B.C.), silver stater, (7.72 g), obv. Pegasos flying to left, Q below, ...
Estimate $200
Lot 2592
PELOPONNESOS, Achaean League, Aigeira (Achaia) mint, (c.167-30 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.23 g), obv. laureate head ...
Estimate $300