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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2  6 January 2015
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Lot 510

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 5000 USD
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ATTICA, Athens. Circa 465/2-454 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.17 g, 10h). Head of Athena right, wearing earring, [necklace], and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing, spread tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Starr Group V.B, Series 3, 189 (O162/R178 – this coin); Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 10, 6–7; SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA 1066 = Warren 821; Dewing –; Gillet 942; Rhousopoulos 1973. Near EF, toned, obverse a little off center.


From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 65 (21 May 1996), lot 167; "Canadian Collection" (per Starr); Hesperia Art Bulletin XL/XLI (undated [1969]), no. 43; Knobloch FPL 35 (April 1969), no. C12; 1967 Jordan Hoard (ICGH 1482).
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