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ATTICA, ATHENS, SILVER TETRADRACHM

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Code: 10503



Ancient Greece, Attica, Athens Circa 454-404 BC. 
Silver Tetradrachm
Obverse: Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl
Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. 
Kroll 8; SNG Copenhagen 31; SNG München 49; Dewing 1611–22; Gulbenkian 519–21. 
17.2 grams, 35 mm x 24 mm
A decent affordble example with good metal and a light iridescent tone, a bold very fine.