Athena   Attica
Αθήναι   Αττική

AE 17

SHH 6748

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7.00 g    16.0-18.0 mm   3.5 eqmm    1:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / - σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 4.6, rev. 5.0 MS/m Helmeted head of Athena right; border of dots. Zeus striding right, brandishing thunderbolt; A // Θ / E to left and right; star within two crescents in lower right field. Struck under Mithradates VI of Pontos and Ariston of Athens during the Mithradatic wars [seller]. Copenhagen 307 (87-86 BC); HGC IV 1710; Kroll 97; Sear Greek 2567 (87-86 BC) Ex CNG 418E/222, 11.4.2018