ATHENS NEW STYLE TETRADRACHM – VERY RARE VARIETY OF YEAR 96/5 BC WITH SYMBOL WINGED AGON – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED GREEK ATTICA COIN (Inv. 19206)

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19206. ATTICA. ATHENS. 2nd–1st CENTURY BC.
Silver “NEW STYLE” Tetradrachm, 16.38 g, 31 mm. Issue of ca. 96/5 BC, naming magistrates Aropos, Mnasago and Apol–, with winged Agon as control symbol.
Obv. Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev. AӨE, owl standing right, head facing, magistrates’ names (ΑPOΠOΣ; MNAΣAΓΟ; AΠOΛ) in fields, winged Agon in right field, A (month) on amphora, AΠ in exergue, all within wreath.
Thompson 990b (same obverse die, citing 1 specimen in a private collection).
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, “flan flaw,” a rare variety.