20130. ATTICA. ATHENS. 2nd–1st CENTURY BC.
Silver “NEW STYLE” Fourrée (?) Tetradrachm, 15.40 g, 29 mm. Issue of ca. 98/7 BC, under magistrates Demetrios, Agathippos, and ?, with control symbol caps of the Dioscuri.
Obv. Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev. AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, magistrates’ names (ΔHMHTPIOΣ / AΓAΘIΠΠOΣ / ?) in fields, caps of the Dioscuri in right field, ? (month) on amphora, ΠE? in exergue, all within wreath.
Cf. Thompson 879 ff.
Good VF, an impressive double (perhaps triple) strike with slight rotation, creating a secondary Athena face superimposed on the centered one. The low weight suggests a fourrée, which is likely given the small cracks visible in several places on the surface of the coin.
