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NEAR EAST or EGYPT. Ca. 5th-4th centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 17.13 gm, 8h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll; X on neck above beaded necklace / 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. Lovely style, nearly perfectly copying the mid-mass issues from Athens.
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Estimate: 2000-3000 USD
NEAR EAST or EGYPT. Ca. 5th-4th centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 17.13 gm, 8h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll; X on neck above beaded necklace / 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. Lovely style, nearly perfectly copying the mid-mass issues from Athens.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-near-east-or-egypt-ca-5th-4th-centuries-bc-ar-tetradrachm-25mm-1713-gm-8h-ngc-ms-5-5-4-5/a/3095-35037.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3095-12112021
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 2000-3000 USD