| Roman Provincial Coins from Greece |  |
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| Athens, Greece, "New Style" Tetradrachm, c. 122 - 121 B.C. |   | The "New Style" tetradrachms were issued by Athens as a semi-autonomous city under Roman rule. The new-style Owls are markedly different from the Owls of Periclean Athens or the "eye in profile" Athena head of the Fourth Century. They were struck on thinner, broad flans, typical of the Hellenistic period, with a portrait of Athena that reflected the heroic portraiture of the period. The owl now stands on an amphora, surrounded by magistrates' names and symbols, all within an olive wreath. The amphora is marked with a letter that may indicate the month of production. Letters below the amphora may indicate the source of the silver used in production. |
| SH62473. Silver tetradrachm, Thompson Athens 521c, Svoronos Athens pl. 53, 24 (same dies), VF, weight 16.675 g, maximum diameter 28.1 mm, die axis 0o, Athens mint, c. 122 - 121 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right, triple-crested helmet decorated with curvilinear ornament on the shell, Pegasos right above the raised earpiece, and protomes of horses above the visor; reverse A-QE / EURU-KLEI / ARI-ARA / AR/CIP, owl standing right on amphora on its side; the three Graces on right standing facing; M on amphora, ME below, all within olive wreath; magistrates Euryklei-, Ariara-, and Arxir-; $800.00 (€616.00) |
| Athens, Greece, "New Style" Tetradrachm, c. 109 - 108 B.C. |  | The "New Style" tetradrachms were issued by Athens as a semi-autonomous city under Roman rule. The new-style Owls are markedly different from the Owls of Periclean Athens or the "eye in profile" Athena head of the Fourth Century. They were struck on thinner, broad flans, typical of the Hellenistic period, with a portrait of Athena that reflected the heroic portraiture of the period. The owl now stands on an amphora, surrounded by magistrates' names and symbols, all within an olive wreath. The amphora is marked with a letter that may indicate the month of production. Letters below the amphora may indicate the source of the silver used in production. |
| SH62483. Silver tetradrachm, Thompson Athens 728f var (ME under amphora); Svoronos pl. 59, 11 var (same), VF, weight 16.643 g, maximum diameter 29.9 mm, die axis 0o, Athens mint, c. 109 - 108 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right, triple-crested helmet decorated with curvilinear ornament on the shell, Pegasos right above the raised earpiece, and protomes of horses above the visor; reverse A-QE / DA-MWN / SWS/IKRA/THS KLEI/DAMO, owl standing right on amphora on its side, bow and quiver on right, I on amphora, PE below, all within olive wreath; magistrates Damon, Sosikrates, and Kleidamo; $750.00 (€577.50) |
| Dyrrhachium, Illyria, Greece, Roman Protectorate, c. 229 - 30 B.C. |  | This type circulated alongside, and presumably at parity with, Roman Republican denarii. BMC calls the figure on the right side of the obverse a statue. Ceka identifies it as a female. The figure can be identified as Harpokrates by the a hem-hem crown and right index finger up to the lips. |
| GS57319. Silver drachm, Ceka 325 cor., BMC Illyria p. 71, 94, VF, toned, off center, weight 3.222 g, maximum diameter 17.5 mm, die axis 315o, Dyrrhachium mint, obverse MENISKOS, cow suckling calf right; on right: Harpokrates standing facing wearing hemhem crown, finger to lips; reverse DUR - LU-KIS-KOU, double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Dyrrhachium, Illyria, Greece, Roman Protectorate, 229 - 30 B.C. |  | The magistrate FILWN also issued SNG Cop 487, which is similar but with the head of Sol. |
| GS53018. Silver drachm, Ceka 141; BMC Illyria p. 73, 122; SNG Cop 492, VF, off center, weight 3.187 g, maximum diameter 18.6 mm, Dyrrhachium mint, 229 - 30 B.C.; obverse FILWN, cow suckling calf right, head of Isis above, grain and cluster of grapes right; reverse DUR - FA-NIS-KOU, double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards; $95.00 (€73.15) |
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