394, Lot: 196. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.11 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. VF, die rust, light deposits.

The light marks in the fields on the reverse appear to be scratches, but these are actually marks in the die that struck the coin.