Triton XVI, Lot: 381. Estimate $10000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 500/490-485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 16.81 g, 5h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with small spiral on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Seltman Group M (unlisted dies); Asyut Group IV; Svoronos,
Monnaies, pl. 5, 34; SNG Copenhagen 20; SNG München 35; cf. Dewing 1582. Good VF, toned, typical minor flaws and marks. Well centered and struck on a broad flan.
Ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 570; Paul M. Proschowsky Collection (Bruun-Rasmussen 245, 10 March 1970), lot 653.