ATHENS NEW STYLE SILVER TETRADRACHM – ISSUE OF 137/6 BC EX GANS 1960 SALE AND PUBLISHED BY THOMPSON – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED GREEK ATTICA COIN (Inv. 20166)

$4,500.00

20166. ATTICA. ATHENS. 2nd–1st CENTURY BC.
Silver “NEW STYLE” Tetradrachm, 16.52 g, 32 mm. Issue of ca. 137/6 BC, under magistrates Miki–, and Theofra–, with control symbol Nike driving quadriga.
Obv. Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev. AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, magistrates’ names (MIKI/ΘΕΟΦΡΑ) in fields, Nike driving quadriga right in right field, Λ (month) on amphora, ME in exergue, all within wreath.
Thompson 323b (this coin listed).
Ex CNG 100, 10/7/2015, lot 1385 = ex George Bauer Collection, Edward Gans MBS 16, 4/19/1960, lot 311.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “sl. die shift,” Thompson publication noted on label.