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Weekly Auction 232123  –  10 - 11 June 2021

Heritage Auctions, Weekly Auction 232123

Ancient and World Coins

Part 1: Th, 10.06.2021, from 3:00 AM CEST
Part 2: Fr, 11.06.2021, from 3:00 AM CEST
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NEAR EAST or EGYPT. Ca. 5th-4th centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (27mm, 17.53 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, light scratches. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with berry 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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