crescent added on the reverse, commemorating the Battle of Marathon. About EF/VF $16,500
Early New Style Athens
Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 367, from the Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collection. Ex Charles Seltman Collection.
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43. c. 445-440 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.15g (5h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: Owl standing right, head facing, olive leaves and crescent behind, AΘE downwards before. The obverse of this coin is unusually artistic, very close to Starr Group V. Doubtless it is one of the earliest coins of the main issue following the Starr groups. Struck in high relief with full luster. Mint State/Good EF $3,000
Ex Rockefeller University
44. c. 404 BC. Drachm, 4.05g (7h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, olive twig; all within incuse square. SNG Lockett 1851. SNG München 62. Toned Good VF $500
45. New Style. 155/154 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.90g (11h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet adorned with Pegasus. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing facing on amphora; to left and right, monogram; below, in field to right, caps of the Dioscuri; all within olive wreath. Thompson 61. New Style Athenian tetradrachms are rather beautifully designed and very scarce. They also rarely come as sharply struck and beautifully toned as this coin. Mint State $3,500
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Exceptional Early Aegina
46. Aegina. 550-530 BC. Stater, 12.28g (11h). Obv: Smooth-shelled sea turtle with very thin collar and beaded shell. Rx: Incuse, “Union Jack” pattern. Asyut Group II, 429. Milbank 2. Dewing 1654. This is one of the first issues of Aegina, whose staters became the first world trade coin. An exceptional example, perfectly centered and showing no wear. Somewhat lustrous. Choice EF $6,500 From the JP Collection, purchased from Platt, January 1986.
Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 380. Ex Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collection. Enlargement
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