Attica, Athens

Tetradrachm, magistrate Polyxarm(os), Nicoge(nes) and Themistocle(s) circa 165-164, AR 16.95 g. Helmeted head of Athena r., bowl decorated with palmette and Pegasus. Rev. Α – ΘΕ, ΠOΛΥ – ΚAΡM, NIKOΓ, ΘΕΜΙΣ – TOΚΛH Owl standing r. on amphora decorated with Z; below, ΣΦ. The whole within wreath. Thompson, 379b.
Lovely iridescent tone and extremely fine

Ex Hirsch 287, 2013, 1913 and Bruun Rasmussen 874, 2017, 198 sales. From a Scandinavian private collection.