Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4330 Session 16 (9.30am Friday 25 November) Terry Naughton Collec Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
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SOLD $560
ATTICA, Athens, (166-57 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.07 g), issued 166-5 B.C., (Thompson date) but probably 134-3 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, TI - MAR/NIKA/ARC*, uncertain on amphora, (cf.S.2560, cf.Thompson 369 but with additional letters MAP this type not noted). Nearly very fine and apparently unpublished.
Ex I.S. Wright, Sydney, November 18, 2009.
This specimen type not noted by Thompson with all these legends and symbols.
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