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NEAR EAST or EGYPT. Ca. 5th-4th centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.20 gm, 12h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with berry and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. Peter van Alfen, "The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt," AJN 14 (2002), pl. 11, 2. For Athens prototype, cf. HGC 4, 1597. cf. SNG Copenhagen 31-40. cf. Kroll 8. Strongly struck on clean flan with subdued luster.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 1000-2000 USD
NEAR EAST or EGYPT. Ca. 5th-4th centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.20 gm, 12h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with berry and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. Peter van Alfen, "The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt," AJN 14 (2002), pl. 11, 2. For Athens prototype, cf. HGC 4, 1597. cf. SNG Copenhagen 31-40. cf. Kroll 8. Strongly struck on clean flan with subdued luster.
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HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 1000-2000 USD