Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 311. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 510-500/490 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.07 gm, 2h). Archaic head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / AQE (with archaic Q), owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig to left. Asyut Group III; Seltman Group L (unlisted dies); Svoronos, Monnaies -; Dewing -; cf. BMC Attica pg. 4, 25; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. Good VF, toned. Exceptionally well struck, and from an unusually fresh obverse die. ($5000)

Ex Freeman & Sear Fixed Price List 7 (Spring 2003), no. G148; Leu 61 (17-18 May 1995), lot 120.