ATTICA, Athens. Circa 469/5-460 BC. Æ “Dekadrachm” (35mm, 34.68 g, 6h). Carl Wilhelm Becker, engraver. Struck circa 1820.

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Lot: 830. Estimated: $ 150

Electrotypes and Reproductions, Bronze

Sold For $ 400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 469/5-460 BC. Æ “Dekadrachm” (35mm, 34.68 g, 6h). Carl Wilhelm Becker, engraver. Struck circa 1820. Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace with pendants, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over the visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing facing, wings spread; A-Θ-E clockwise around from upper right; all within incuse square. Fischer-Bossert, Athenian, p. 68, dies O1/R1, F1-F12. VF.

Ex William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin’s 42, 26 September 2005), lot 726 (part of; with ticket).

Becker evidently created his dies from a drawing of the de Luynes coin, the only example known at the time and also lacking the olive sprig.

Closing Date and Time: 10 March 2021 at 14:36:20 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.