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Greek, Attica, Athens. c. 455-440 BC, AR tetradrachm, Athena/Owl, transitional issue

Greek, Attica, Athens. c. 455-440 BC, AR tetradrachm, Athena/Owl, transitional issue

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Greek, Attica, Athens. c. 455-440 BC. AR tetradrachm, transitional issue. Head of Athena right, wearing Attica helmet decorated with olive leaves and spiral palmette/ Owl, standing right with head facing, olive-twig and crescent in upper left field. 24 mm, 16.62 g.


This coinage was struck immediately before the "mass coinage" tetradrachms (Kroll 8). The style differs; Athena still has an archaic smile, and the owl is more lifelike. 

good VF, minor roughness, light tone. Rare transitional issue. 

HGC 4, 1597.

ex-Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 72, lot 901 (Zurich, 16-17 May, 2013); previously with Joel Creusey (Lyons) in November 2001. 
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