ILIUM TROY SILVER TETRADRACHM – RARE ISSUE OF MAGISTRATE AKKOY – CHOICE AU NGC GRADED GREEK TROAS COIN (Inv. 20085)

$3,800.00

20085. TROAS. ILIUM (TROY). Ca. 188–133 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 16.52 g, 35 mm.
Obv. Head of Athena right, wearing laureate Attic helmet with three crests. Rev. AΘHNAΣ IΛIAΔOΣ, Athena Ilias striding right, holding a filleted spear on her shoulder and a distaff; facing owl at her feet, MYΔ control monogram in left field, AKKOY in exergue.
Ellis–Evans, “The Koinon of Athena Ilias and its Coinage,” AJN 28 (2016), 10 (O4/R–); Bellinger 45 corr. (listing one specimen but with name misread).
NGC graded CHOICE AU, Strike 3/5, Surface 3/5, “die shift,” “flan flaw.” A very rare variety, there are three other specimens on CoinArchives. Bellinger, in his volume on the coins from Troy, cites one specimen, misreading the magistrate’s name. A historically important coin, this piece was minted in Ilium, the ancient city of Troy of Homeric legend during the Hellenistic period. The types feature Athena Ilias, the protective patroness of the city.