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Auction: 23007 - Ancient Coins Including the 'Kyrios' Collection of Greek Coins and featuring the 'Ostorius' Collection of Roman Gold
Lot: 81

The 'Kyrios' Collection | Attica, Athens, AR Tetradrachm, c. 490 BC, head of Athena right, wearing a crested Attic helmet, rev. ATHE owl standing right, its head facing, olive sprig to left, all within shallow incuse square, 16.91g (Svoronos, pl. 4, 6; Seltman, group G, cf. pl. X, A 148; BMC 4; Asyut 332), banker's mark to head of owl, lightly tool-marked but otherwise a lovely example of the archaic style, extremely rare and very fine

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Purchased from Baldwin's, with ticket - £5,500

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Sold for
£2,600

Starting price
£2500