ATTICA, Athens. Circa 475-465 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.16 g, 4h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace with pendants, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing, with spread tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Starr Group IV, unlisted dies; Svoronos,
Monnaies, pl. 9, 8–12; HGC 4, 1595; SNG Lockett 1837; Rhousopoulos 1970. Attractive light toning. EF.
Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection; Gemini XI (12 January 2014), lot 124 (hammer $15,000).
