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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Athens| > GS96453
Athens, Attica, Greece, c. 108 - 107 B.C., New Style Tetradrachm
|Athens|, |Athens,| |Attica,| |Greece,| |c.| |108| |-| |107| |B.C.,| |New| |Style| |Tetradrachm|, 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.
GS96453. Silver tetradrachm, cf. Thompson Athens 739 - 746, gF, well centered, toned, scratches and bumps, holed and filled, Athens mint, weight 16.206g, maximum diameter 29.1mm, die axis 0o, c. 108 - 107 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right, triple-crested helmet decorated with curvilinear ornament on the shell, Pegasus right above the raised earpiece, and protomes of horses above the visor; reverse A-ΘE / EYMH-ΛOΣ / KAΛ/ΛI/ΦΩN / HPA, owl standing right on amphora on its side, head turned facing, wings closed; Tyche (control symbol) on right, standing left, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; uncertain letter on amphora, uncertain letters below; all within olive wreath; SOLD











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