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Weekly Auction 232032  –  6 - 7 August 2020

Heritage Auctions, Weekly Auction 232032

Ancient and World Coins

Part 1: Th, 06.08.2020, from 3:00 AM CEST
Part 2: Fr, 07.08.2020, from 3:00 AM CEST
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NEAR EAST or EGYPT. Ca. 5th-4th centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (18mm, 17.18 gm, 6h). VF, test cuts. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. Peter van Alfen,"The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt," AJN 14 (2002), pl. 11, 2. For Athens prototype, cf. HGC 4, 1597. cf. SNG Copenhagen 31-40. cf. Kroll 8

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