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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Athens| > SH26244
Athens, Attica, Greece, c. 152 - 151 B.C., New Style Tetradrachm
|Athens|, |Athens,| |Attica,| |Greece,| |c.| |152| |-| |151| |B.C.,| |New| |Style| |Tetradrachm|, In 1961, Margaret Thompson completed her brilliant study, "The New Style Coinage of Athens." At that time, she estimated there were fewer than 8000 new style tetradrachms "above ground."

This issue introduced the letter on the amphora, which that may indicate the month of production.
SH26244. Silver tetradrachm, Thompson Athens 82 (same dies); Svoronos Athens pl. 35, 21 (same obv. die); BMC Attica -; SNG Cop -; SNG Britain -, Weber -; ANS -; et al. -, gVF, nice style, weight 16.641g, maximum diameter 33.9mm, die axis 0o, early period; obverse head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with a griffin; reverse A-ΘE, owl stands right on amphora, XM monogram left, AΦN monogram over two snakes right, I on amphora, all within olive wreath; nice style; rare; SOLD











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