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LOT 9246822

Estimate
GBP (£) 400 - 600
EUR (€) 460 - 690
USD ($) 540 - 800

Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) (+bp*)

Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. c.454-404 BC.

Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.3gr, 24mm, 5h.

Extremely Fine. Very well struck, a superb example.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Baldwins, UK.
Property of a Kent lady.

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