Watch List notes:

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 510-500/490 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.04 g, 6h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with small spiral on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Seltman Group L, pl. XXII, υ; Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 7, 20; HGC 4, 1623; Dewing –; Triton XXI, lot 415; Triton XX, lot 147; CNG 102, lot 278. Some roughness and smoothing in fields. EF. Fine style and in high relief; well centered on a broad flan. Very rare drachm from the first period of owls.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.