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Auction: 3014 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 157

Theophilus (c. 90 B.C.), AR Tetradrachm, 16.68g., diademed and draped bust of king right, rev. BAØIËEÙØ AYTOKPATOPOØ ÈEOÖIËOY, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike, spear and shield, monogram in left field (Bop. series 1, A. pl. 48, I & J; SNG ANS -; Mitch. 371a; Qunduz 615), very fine and a great rarity, perhaps only the fourth known Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 PROVENANCE: Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXV, New York, November 1990, lot 243

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