ATTICA. Athens. Ca. 2nd-1st centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (28mm, 16.48 gm, 12h). NGC VF 5/5 - 3/5. New style coinage, ca. 100-99 BC, Dositheus, Carias, magistrates. Head of Athena right wearing triple-crested Attic helmet ornamented with leaping Pegasus above upturned cheek guard, aphlaston on bowl, protomes of four horses above visor / A-ΘΕ / ΔΩ-ΣI/ΘEOΣ / XAP-IAΣ, owl standing facing on amphora; Tyche standing facing, with scepter in right hand and cornucopia in left hand, in left field; Δ (4th month) on amphora, all within olive wreath. HGC 4, 1602 (99/8 BC). Cf. Thompson 875.

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