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CICF Signature Sale 3040 9-10 April 2015
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ATTICA. Athens. Ca. 454-445 BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 17.07 gm, 10h). Late "transitional" issue. Head of Athena right wearing Attic helmeted ornamented with vine scroll and three laurel leaves / ΑΘΕ, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; all within incuse square. Starr pl. XXII, 8´. Kroll 8. A piece of pleasing style, with a wonderful, lifelike owl. A few surface marks, otherwise Good Very Fine / Extremely Fine.Although this tetradrachm depicts an owl with its three tail feathers in a single prong, which technically places it among the "mass coinage" issues dated 454-404 BC, the very lifelike owl places it very close to Starr's Group V, struck circa 460-454 BC.
Estimate: 3000-3500 USD
ATTICA. Athens. Ca. 454-445 BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 17.07 gm, 10h). Late "transitional" issue. Head of Athena right wearing Attic helmeted ornamented with vine scroll and three laurel leaves / ΑΘΕ, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; all within incuse square. Starr pl. XXII, 8´. Kroll 8. A piece of pleasing style, with a wonderful, lifelike owl. A few surface marks, otherwise Good Very Fine / Extremely Fine.Although this tetradrachm depicts an owl with its three tail feathers in a single prong, which technically places it among the "mass coinage" issues dated 454-404 BC, the very lifelike owl places it very close to Starr's Group V, struck circa 460-454 BC.
Estimate: 3000-3500 USD