Attractive Pedigreed Group G Archaic Tetradrachm

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3048. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $4150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 500/490-485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.69 g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig behind; all within incuse square. Seltman group G, - (unlisted dies); Asyut group IV, 268-394; SNG Copenhagen 19; C.M. Kraay & P.R.S. Moorey, “Two fifth century hoards from the Near East,” RN 1968, p. 184, 19 (this coin). VF, toned. Well struck for issue.

From the John A. Seeger Collection. Ex Hesperia Art Bulletin XL/XLI (1969), no. 43; Jordan 1967 Hoard (ICGH 1482).