CNG 100, Lot: 1365. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 485/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (19.5mm, 16.17 g, 5h). Head of Athena right, wearing round earring and crested Attic helmet / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig to left, [A]Θ[E] to right; all within incuse square. Seltman Group E, unlisted dies; Asyut Group VI; Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 2, 7; HGC 4, 1591. VF, toned, compact flan, a few deposits on reverse.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection, purchased from Maison Platt, September 1980.