ATTICA. ATHENS

Афины. Тетрадрахма. Архаичный стиль.

Эта монета опубликована в AsyutHoard, plateXXXII, I.

ATTICA. ATHENS. Ca. 510-480 BC.

Silver AR Tetradrachm, 16.57 g.

Obv. Helmeted head of Athena right with fully Archaic feature.

Rev. Owl standing right, olive sprig and crescent behind.

SNG Copenhagen 15 ff; Sworonos taf. 2, 22; SNG Munich 29 ff.

Virtually EF, nicely centered on obverse with full helmet crest on planchet, owl apparently purposely overstamped with a fine grid cut upon its surface.

Provenance: Ex. Hirsch 165 (1990), lot 245; Lanz 22 (1982), lot 284.

Published: Asyut Hoard, plate XXXII, I.