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CICF Signature Sale 3040 9-10 April 2015
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PHOENICIA or EGYPT. Imitating Athens (ca. 404-343 BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 15.47 gm, 9h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll / ΑΘΕ, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. P.G. van Alfen, "The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt," AJN 14 (2002), pl. 11, 2. Well struck in good metal from an obverse die of pleasing "eastern" style. NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD
PHOENICIA or EGYPT. Imitating Athens (ca. 404-343 BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 15.47 gm, 9h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll / ΑΘΕ, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. P.G. van Alfen, "The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt," AJN 14 (2002), pl. 11, 2. Well struck in good metal from an obverse die of pleasing "eastern" style. NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD