The Jim Duncan Collection
Lot 1984 Session 7 (11.30am Thursday) The Jim Duncan Collection
Estimate $300
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SOLD $350
ATTICA, Athens, an Egyptian contemporary copy, (c.449-413 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.95 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 crescent behind, to right, **AQE, all in incuse square, (S.2526, cf.BMC 62, cf.SNG Cop 31). Tight irregular flan, weak on owl face, otherwise nearly very fine, rare.
Ex Antiquarius with their ticket. It is only in recent times that the style of this tetradrachm type has been recognised as being a contemporary Egyptian copy manufactured officially for trade purposes within that part of the world.
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