★ Full Crested Athena ★

Continental Greece. Attica, Athens. AR Tetradrachm, c. 454-404 BC. Obv. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl. Rev. Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. HGC 4 1597; SNG Cop. 35. AR. 17.16 g. 26.00 mm. Lovely light tone, underlying luster. Dark spots on reverse. About EF/EF.