Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.09g, 25mm, 9h.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.14g, 26mm, 1h.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.11g, 24mm, 5h.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.18g, 25mm, 12h.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.14g, 25mm, 4h.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.10g, 24mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Description
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.18g, 25mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Description
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.08g, 24mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine; bankers marks to both sides, scratches and test cut to rev.
From a private North American collection.
Description
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.08g, 24mm, 7h.
Very Fine; somewhat porous.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Description
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.15g, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine; slightly porous.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Description
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.10g, 25mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Description
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.16g, 24mm, 11h.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 16.67g, 25mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine / Good Fine; Rev. somewhat corroded. .
Description
Attica, Athens Fourrée Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss, and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31. 14.68g, 25mm, 10h.
Very Fine; parts of the core visible on edges.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 42, 6 January 2018, lot 86 (catalogued as official emergency issue).
Description
Attica, Athens Fourrée Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss, and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31. 14.35g, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine; bronze core showing through plating in a few spots around the feet of the owl.
Description
Attica, Athens Fourrée Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss, and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31. 14.61g, 25mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine; bronze core showing through plating in a few spots, somewhat irregular rev. style.
Attica, Athens Fourrée Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive sprig and berry in upper left field, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 41-43; cf. Kroll 10; cf. HGC 4, 1631. 3.28g, 14mm, 9h.
Fine / Very Fine; heavy original 'find' patina, parts of the core visible on edges.
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Eastern imitation. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig with berry and crescent in upper left field, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. For prototype, cf: Kroll 8; SNG Copenhagen 31; Noble Numismatics Auction 100lot 3466 (same dies). 16.35g, 24mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Private American collection from the 1980s.
Description
Attica, Athens Æ 21mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue, circa 2nd to 3rd century AD. Bust of Athena to right wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis / ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ, Athena Parthenos standing facing, head to left, holding Nike and resting arm on shield, spear behind. Svoronos pl. 82, 5ff. 5.97g, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a private English collection;
Acquired from Dix Noonan Webb Ltd.
Description
Islands off Attica, Aegina AR Stater. Circa 525-475 BC. Sea turtle, head in profile, with 'T' design in pellets on shell / Incuse square with 'proto-skew' design. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIb; HGC 6, 430. 12.06g, 19mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Mark Christenson Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 26, 30 April 2016, lot 107;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 281, 20 June 2012, lot 77.
Description