Athens AR New Style Tetradrachm, 111/110 BC

Attica, Athens. AR Tetradrachm (29 mm, 16.46 g), 111/110 BC. New Style issue. Phanokles, Apollonios, and EIPH-, magistrates.
Obv. Head of Athena right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos springing right.
Rev, A-ΘE, owl standing right, head facing, on overturned amphora; in fields, magistrates' names: ΦANO-KΛHΣ, AΠOΛ/ΛON/IOΣ, and EIPH; in right field, Artemis Phosphoros standing facing, holding torch with both hands; Θ on amphora, ΣΩ below; all within laurel wreath.
Thompson 702j.

An attractive coin of the New Style silver series of Athens. Very fine to extremely fine.

Purchased privately from Art et Placements, France, in 1990.