LOT 2594
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Owl AR Tetradrachm After 449 B.C.
Obv: head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette. Rev: AʘE with owl standing right, head facing; to left, olive sprig and crescent; all within incuse square. Good extremely fine, almost as struck.(17.14 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteratureSNG Copenhagen 31-35; Kroll 8. Svoronos pls. 12-13 passim; Sear 2526.
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LOT 2594
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Owl AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Ancient Greek Coins - Ionia - Civic Coinage - 'Apollo' Tetartmorion 490-400 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Obv: head of Apollo facing. Rev: TE monogram in incuse square. 0.19 grams.
Very fine.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Plated Owl Tetradrachm Imitation 4th century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Obv: profile bust right. Rev: owl with letter right. 15.27 grams.
Very fine; plated with banker cut to reverse.
Acquired Surrey Auctions, 2022. Property of a Kent gentleman.
A contemporary copy or fake silver plated coin produced by a local workshop imitating a silver official issue of an Athens Tetradrachm. Fakes manufactured during the ancient Greek timeline, although inexpensive at auction, present a fascinating area to research for those collecting on a budget. TimeLine Auctions normally has a small quantity of contemporary imitations on offer for those interested in this captivating area of numismatics. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Amphipolis - Shield AR Tetradrachm 158-149 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Obv: diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder, all at the centre of a Macedonian shield decorated with three dots between stars in crescents. Rev: MAKEDONWN PRWTHS legend with club to right, dot in A above, XAE monogram in lower left field, E in lower right field, all within oak wreath, thunderbolt in outer left field. 16.60 grams.
Very fine; toned.
Acquired on the German art market around 2000. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
