Lot 5015
Sale 78 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes, The Lampard Collection, The James Atkinson Collection
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Description
Attica, Athens, probably imitating issue from an uncertain mint in Asia Minor, (late 5th - early 4th century B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.516 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing ivy crested helmet, eye facing, rev. owl standing to right, head facing, in erect posture, olive twig and cresent behind, to right, **AQE, all in incuse square, (S.2526, cf.BMC 62, cf.Svoronos Athenes Pl.13, 15, cf.Diebolt & Nicolet-Pierre 'Recherches sur la metal de tetradrachmes a types Atheniens' SNR 56 [1977], Pl.25, 12), cf.SNG Cop 31, cf.Starr Type Vb). Extremely fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Auction Sale 36, December 5-6, 1995 (lot 2070).
- Estimate
- $1,500
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $1,300