CNG 90, Lot: 542. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 353-294 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 4.13 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with pi-style palmette / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within shallow incuse square. Kroll –; Svoronos, Monnaies 13-5; SNG Copenhagen 67; CNG 85, 358. VF, toned, slight roughness. Exceptional for issue. Very rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.

In contrast to the pi-style tetradrachms, which are nearly as common as the classical period owls, the drachms of this series are quite rare, and usually found in low grade.