Exceptional Archaic Athens Drachm

CNG 102, Lot: 278. Estimate $5000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 510-500/490 BC. AR Drachm (14.5mm, 4.16 g, 6h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet and earring, hair in thin rows of lines / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Seltman Group L, υ; HGC 4, 1623. Good VF, lightly toned. Exceptional for issue, well centered and good metal. Very rare, from the earliest issue of Athena-Owl drachms.