ATHENS SILVER TETRADRACHM – NEW STYLE ISSUE OF 119/8 BC WITH HELIOS IN CHARIOT – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK ATTICA COIN (Inv. 19886)

$850.00

19886. ATTICA. ATHENS. 2nd–1st CENTURIES BC.
Silver “NEW STYLE” Tetradrachm, 16.55 g, 27 mm. Issue of ca. 119/8 BC, under magistrates Dionysi–, Dionysi– and Zeuxi–, with control symbol Helios in quadriga.
Obv. Helmeted head of Athena right, within dotted border. Rev. A–ӨE, owl standing right, head facing, magistrates’ names (ΔIO–NYΣ, ΔIONYΣI, ZEYΞI) in fields, Helios facing, driving his quadriga in lower right field, Z (month) on amphora, ? in exergue, all within wreath.
Thompson 566c (same obverse die); HGC 4, 1602.
Ex Central Texas Collection, acquired from Nilus Coins, inv. 30086 (with old dealer’s ticket).
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “graffito,” this particular combination of magistrates that includes Zeuxi– is rare, Thompson lists 10 specimens across various die combinations and CoinArchives lists only one such specimen.