Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 869. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 510-500/490 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72 g, 5h). Archaic head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / AQE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with four leaves to left. Asyut Group III, 265; Seltman Group L, 344 (A226/P289); Dewing -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 17; SNG München -. VF, lightly toned, some roughness, minor deposits. ($1500)