The January 2012 Collectors Series Sale
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Attica, Athens (ca. 454-404 BC), AR Tetradrachm, struck 420-404 BC, 17.06gms, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind (Kroll 8, SNG Copenhagen 31), dark steely gray over light obverse graffiti, full profile on oblongish flan, near extremely fine. (photo) Est. 500-600
Attica, Athens (ca. 454-404 BC), AR Tetradrachm, struck 420-404 BC, 16.97gms, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind (Kroll 8, SNG Copenhagen 31), lightly toned over a few old obverse hairlines, good very fine. (photo) Est. 500-600
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Attica, Athens (ca. 454-404 BC), AR Tetradrachm, struck 420-404 BC, 17.16gms, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind (Kroll 8, SNG Copenhagen 31), lightly toned over slight graininess, very fine. (photo) Est. 500-600
Attica, Athens (ca. 454-404 BC), AR Tetradrachm, Eastern imitation (possibly Northern Arabia), 16.66gms, helmeted head of Athena right in slightly vulgar style, rev. AΘE - the actually a crescent with a pellet, tall owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind (cf Kroll 8, SNG Copenhagen 31), “fine” imitative style, full profile, boldly struck, an interesting coin, extremely fine. (photo) Est. 600-700
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Attica, Athens (ca. 454-404 BC), AR Tetradrachm, struck 420-404 BC, 17.32gms, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind (Kroll 8, SNG Copenhagen 31),dark gray over some deposits and a few reverse hairlines, full profile, nice style, extremely fine. (photo) Est. 600-700
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Attica, Athens (ca. 350-294 BC), AR Tetradrachm, 17.24gms, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. AΘE, owl standing right, in hunched fashion, head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind (Kroll 15, SNG Copenhagen 64), nice old toning over light earthen deposits, good style on a full flan, near extremely fine. (photo) Est. 300-400