ATTICA, Athens. Circa 475-465 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.21 g, 7h). Near EF.

Triton XXIX
Lot: 175. Estimated: $ 2 000

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Sold For $ 3 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 475-465 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.21 g, 7h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wave in hair at forehead, 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. Attractive deep gray tone with golden hues, underlying luster, trace deposits. Near EF.

From the JTB Collection. Ex Collection of an Aesthete (Numismatica Ars Classica 134, 21 November 2022), lot 225; Lanz 62 (26 November 1992), lot 260.


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Triton XXIX – Session One – Lot 1-301 will be held Tuesday morning, 13 January 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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