173, Lot: 347. Estimate $500. Sold for $804. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 449-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.98 g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; c/m: eagle flying right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591; SNG Copenhagen 31. VF, light scratches. Unusual countermark.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.