213, Lot: 127. Estimate $150. Sold for $262. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 460-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 16.79 g, 9h). Eastern imitation. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; all within incuse square. Cf. P.G. van Alfen, “The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt”,
AJN 14 (2002), pl. 12, 3. VF, a little porous.