225, Lot: 101. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.87 g, 9h). Eastern imitation. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; all within incuse square. Cf. P.G. van Alfen, "The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt,"
AJN 14 (2002), pl. 11, 1. VF, a little porous.