ATHENS NEW STYLE SILVER TETRADRACHM – ISSUE WITH APOLLO DELIOS SYMBOL – VF NGC GRADED GREEK ATTICA COIN (Inv. 19977)

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19977. ATTICA. ATHENS. 2nd–1st CENTURIES BC.
Silver “NEW STYLE” Tetradrachm, 16.88 g, 28 mm. Issue of ca. 116/15 BC, struck under magistrates Socrates, Dionysodo–, and Zoilos, with control symbol Apollo Delios.
Obv. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right. Rev. AӨE, owl standing right, head facing, magistrates’ names in fields (ΣΩKΡATHΣ ΔIONYΣOΔΩ ΖΩΙΛΟΣ), Apollo Delios, holding the Three Graces and a bow in right field, B on amphora, ME in exergue, all within wreath.
Ex CNG 49, 3/17/1999, lot 453 (lot number incorrect on NGC label).
Thompson, New Style, 614a (same obverse die) and 617a (same reverse die).
NGC VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5, with a particularly interesting symbol.