LOT 2593
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Owl AR Tetradrachm Circa 420 B.C.
Obv: helmeted head of Athena right, full eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll. Rev: AQE to right of owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with two leaves and one berry, and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. Extremely fine.(17.16 grams.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London gentleman.
LiteratureKroll 8; HGC 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31-40.
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LOT 2593
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Owl AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 208-207 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Posthumous issue, Phaselis, Lycia mint, dated year 11. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; date IA over Phi in left field, O beneath throne; Seleukid anchor countermark to obverse. 16.06 grams.
Good very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Sicily - Motya - Trias 413-397 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Obv: facing bust of gorgoneion with three pellets below. Rev: palm tree. and Punic legend. 7.08 grams.
Very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Owl AR Tetradrachm After 449 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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. 17.14 grams.
Good extremely fine, almost as struck.
Ex UK private collection.
