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Ancient Greece, Attica, Athens. 449-413 BC, AR Tetradrachm (17.16 grams) Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right; Reverse: Owl standing right S.2526paul1888
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AthensATTICA, Athens.
Circa 454-404 BC.
AR Tetradrachm xokleng
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ATTICA,Athens. AR tetradrachmThomson 31b/bmc 445/ 135-134bc
obv: Helmeted head of Athena bust R.
rev: Owl std.r.head facing on amphora. Magistrates name in field
Asklepios std.l. holding serpent. intwined scepter. Z on amphora,delta
I below. all within wreathhill132
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GreeceGreece - Central, Peloponnesos, Crete & The Cyclades.
Thessaly, Akarnania, Boeotia, Euboia, Attica, Corinthia, Sikyonia, Peloponnesos, Argolis, Phokaia, Arkadia, Lokris.Anaximander
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ATTICA, Athens
PB Tessera. (15mm, 4.00 g)
Struck circa 200-263 AD
Helmeted head right
Blank
Lang & Crosby 246
The style of the bust on this token closely matches one discovered in the Stoa at the Athenian Agora, firmly dated to the mid 3rd century AD. Ardatirion
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ATTICA, Athens
PB Tessera. (24mm, 7.60 g)
Struck circa 50-200 AD
Helmeted head of Athena right
Boukranion
Lang & Crosby 251
Ardatirion
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0.30 AR Athenian Tetradrachm 454-415 BCEATTICA: Athens. Ca. 454(?)-415 BC. AR tetradrachm. Athena / Owl. Nice centering.
Silver tetradrachm, pl. XXII, 6´. Svoronos pl. 15, 30., 17.1gm, 24mm, gVF, 449-413 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right with almond shaped eye, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves and floral scroll, wire necklace, round earring,; reverse A?E right, owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, prong tail, to left olive twig and crescent, all within incuse square.Ecgþeow
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002a, Aigina, Islands off Attica, Greece, c. 510 - 490 B.C.Silver stater, S 1849, SNG Cop 503, F, 12.231g, 22.3mm, Aigina (Aegina) mint, c. 510 - 490 B.C.; Obverse: sea turtle (with row of dots down the middle); Reverse: incuse square of “Union Jack” pattern; banker's mark obverse. Ex FORVM.
Greek Turtles, by Gary T. Anderson
Turtles, the archaic currency of Aegina, are among the most sought after of all ancient coins. Their early history is somewhat of a mystery. At one time historians debated whether they or the issuances of Lydia were the world's earliest coins. The source of this idea comes indirectly from the writings of Heracleides of Pontus, a fourth century BC Greek scholar. In the treatise Etymologicum, Orion quotes Heracleides as claiming that King Pheidon of Argos, who died no later than 650 BC, was the first to strike coins at Aegina. However, archeological investigations date the earliest turtles to about 550 BC, and historians now believe that this is when the first of these intriguing coins were stamped.
Aegina is a small, mountainous island in the Saronikon Gulf, about midway between Attica and the Peloponnese. In the sixth century BC it was perhaps the foremost of the Greek maritime powers, with trade routes throughout the eastern half of the Mediterranean. It is through contacts with Greeks in Asia Minor that the idea of coinage was probably introduced to Aegina. Either the Lydians or Greeks along the coast of present day Turkey were most likely the first to produce coins, back in the late seventh century. These consisted of lumps of a metal called electrum (a mixture of gold and silver) stamped with an official impression to guarantee the coin was of a certain weight. Aegina picked up on this idea and improved upon it by stamping coins of (relatively) pure silver instead electrum, which contained varying proportions of gold and silver. The image stamped on the coin of the mighty sea power was that of a sea turtle, an animal that was plentiful in the Aegean Sea. While rival cities of Athens and Corinth would soon begin limited manufacture of coins, it is the turtle that became the dominant currency of southern Greece. The reason for this is the shear number of coins produced, estimated to be ten thousand yearly for nearly seventy years. The source for the metal came from the rich silver mines of Siphnos, an island in the Aegean. Although Aegina was a formidable trading nation, the coins seemed to have meant for local use, as few have been found outside the Cyclades and Crete. So powerful was their lure, however, that an old proverb states, "Courage and wisdom are overcome by Turtles."
The Aeginean turtle bore a close likeness to that of its live counterpart, with a series of dots running down the center of its shell. The reverse of the coin bore the imprint of the punch used to force the face of the coin into the obverse turtle die. Originally this consisted of an eight-pronged punch that produced a pattern of eight triangles. Later, other variations on this were tried. In 480 BC, the coin received its first major redesign. Two extra pellets were added to the shell near the head of the turtle, a design not seen in nature. Also, the reverse punch mark was given a lopsided design.
Although turtles were produced in great quantities from 550 - 480 BC, after this time production dramatically declines. This may be due to the exhaustion of the silver mines on Siphnos, or it may be related to another historical event. In 480 BC, Aegina's archrival Athens defeated Xerxes and his Persian armies at Marathon. After this, it was Athens that became the predominant power in the region. Aegina and Athens fought a series of wars until 457 BC, when Aegina was conquered by its foe and stripped of its maritime rights. At this time the coin of Aegina changed its image from that of the sea turtle to that of the land tortoise, symbolizing its change in fortunes.
The Turtle was an object of desire in ancient times and has become so once again. It was the first coin produced in Europe, and was produced in such great quantities that thousands of Turtles still exist today. Their historical importance and ready availability make them one of the most desirable items in any ancient coin enthusiast's collection.
(Greek Turtles, by Gary T. Anderson .Cleisthenes
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01 Attica, Athenian TetradrachmAthenian Old Style Tetradrachm
Obv: head of Athena facing r., crested Attic helmet with three olive leaves and floral scroll, hair across forehead in parallel curves, almond shaped eye, round earing, wire necklace.
Rev: owl standing r. with erect posture, tail feathers as a single prong, head facing forward, a crescent and then an olive sprig to the l., A☉E at 90º and downward to the r., all within incuse square.
Denomination: silver tetradrachm; Mint: Athens; Date: 454 - 404 BC;1 Weight: 17.2g; Diameter: 24mm; Die axis: 270º; References, for example: BMC vol. 11, 62; SNG Cop vol. 14, 31; Cf. Starr pl. XXIII; SGCV I 2526; Kroll 8; SNG München issue 14, 49; HGC 4, 1597.
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1This is the date range given in HGC 4. SGCV I gives 449 - 413 BC.
NGC rates this coin as About Uncirculated with a 5/5 strike and a 4/5 surface. I intend to someday free it from its encapsulation.
This coin is part of an enormous issue apparently begun in order to pay for work necessary to rebuild the city's temples. Subsequent decades saw huge quantities of tetradrachms minted in order to finance the building of the Parthenon and other such massive projects, and later decades saw such minting in order to pay for the Peloponnesian War. (SGCV I, p. 236).
Provenance: Ex Forum Ancient Coins January 12, 2018; Ex Heritage Auction 231723 June 8, 2017, lot 62016.
Photo Credits: Forum Ancient Coins
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01.- Attica Tetradrachm (454-404 BC)ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.09 g, 8h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. VF, lightly toned, minor area of porosity on obverse, graffito and slight die shift on reverse.
Purchased at Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. auction in 2015.Oscar D
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02 Attica, Athenian DrachmObv: head of Athena facing r., crested Attic helmet with three olive leaves and floral scroll, almond shaped eye.
Rev: owl standing r. with erect posture, tail feathers as a single prong, head facing forward, an olive sprig to the l., A☉E downward to the r., all within incuse square.
Denomination: silver drachm; Mint: Athens; Date: 454 - 404 BC1; Weight: 4.22g; Diameter: 15mm; Die axis: 270º; References, for example: BMC Attica vol. 11, 74; SNG Lockett 1851; SNG Cop vol. 14, 43 var. mention of crescent; Svoronos Athens pls. 11.19 - 17.29 passim; SGCV I 2527; Kroll 10; SNG Sweden 1481; SNG München 61; HGC 4, 1631.
Notes:
1This is the date given in HGC 4 and SNG München.
Provenance: Ex. Kirk Davis March 12, 2024; Ex. Malter Galleries, with their tag indicating Ex. Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, June 3, 1977.
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02.- Attica Tetradrachm (287-262 BC)ATTICA, Athens. Circa 287-262 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.80 g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; all within incuse square.
Purchased at Filatelia Numismatica Santos in 2015.Oscar D
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03 Attica, Athenian ObolAthenian Later Archaic/Rough Archaic Obol1
Obv: head of Athena facing r., crested Attic helmet with three olive leaves and spiral palmette on bowl of the helmet, hair across forehead in straight bands, almond shaped eye.
Rev: owl standing r. with erect posture, tail feathers as a single prong, head facing forward, a single leaf olive sprig and berry to the l., A☉E at 90º and downward to the r., all within incuse square.
Denomination: silver obol; Mint: Athens; Date: c. 454 - 404 BC2; Weight: .67g; Diameter: 9mm; Die axis: 110º; References, for example: BMC vol. 11, 99; SNG Cop vol. 14, 53 to 56, var. no mention of berry; Starr p. XXIII, aa; Cf. Svoronos Athens pl. 8, 43 - 46 and pl. 9, 33 - 34, 37 - 46; SGCV I 2530; Kroll 13a ff var. no mention of berry; SNG München 77 to 82; HGC 4, 1665 var. no mention of berry.
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1This characterization is per BMC vol. 11, pp. xxiii and 8.
2This is the date range given in HGC 4.
Provenance: Ex. Harlan J Berk Ltd 215th Buy or Bid Sale, May 4, 2021; acquired from Harlan Berk in 2013.
Photo Credits: Harlan J Berk, Ltd
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Tracy Aiello
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04 Attica, Athenian TriobolAthenian Pi-Style Triobol
Obv: head of Athena facing r., crested Attic helmet ornamented with olive leaves and a pi-style palmette, eye in profile.
Rev: owl standing facing; an olive branch coming down from above to the l. and r. with five or more leaves, [A☉Ǝ, with A above and ☉ lower l. and Ǝ lower r.].
Denomination: silver triobol (or hemidrachm); Mint: Athens; Date: c. 353 - 294 BC1; Weight: 2.015g; Diameter: 12.5mm; Die axis: 270º; References, for example: BMC vol. 11, 169; SNG Cop vol. 14, 68; Svoronos Athens pl. 21, 48; Kroll 19d; HGC 4, 1642.
Notes:
1This is the date range given in HGC 4.
Provenance: Ex. Forum Ancient Coins March 26, 2021, from the Errett Bishop collection (assembled from about 1960 - 1982).
Photo Credits: Forum Ancient Coins
CLICK FOR SOURCESTracy Aiello
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05 Attica, Athenian TritartemorionObv: Head of Athena r. wearing Attic helmet with three olive leaves and a floral scroll, profile eye.
Rev:, E☉A within three crescents - horns inward - arranged in a circle, all within incuse square.
Denomination: silver tritartemorion; Mint: Athens; Date: c. 400/390 - 294 BC1; Weight: .78g; Diameter: 9mm; Die axis: 0º; References, for example: Traité p. 102 no. 36 pl. CXC 21 - 24, var. two legend arrangements and two arrangements indistinguishable; Svoronos Athens pl. 17, 44 - 48, var. legend arrangement; SGCV I 2542, var. legend arrangement; Kroll 21 a and b, pl. 3, 21a2; SNG München 118 - 122, var. legend arrangement; HGC 4, 1668, var. legend arrangement.
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1This is the date given in HGC 4.
2Kroll’s referenced legend arrangement is different than on this coin, although he does state that variations exist. He does not enumerate those variations.
Provenance: Ex. cgb.fr Numismatics March 12, 2024
Photo Credits: cgb.fr Numismatics
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Tracy Aiello
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06 Attica, Athenian HemiobolObv: Head of Athena r. wearing Attic helmet with three olive leaves, frontal eye.
Rev: Owl standing r., tail feathers as a single prong, head facing, olive leaf to l., A☉E at 90º and downward to the r., all within incuse square.
Denomination: silver hemiobol; Mint: Athens; Date: 454 - 404 BC: Weight: .35g; Diameter: 6mm; Die axis: 90º; References, for example: Starr Group V Subgroup V. B. Series 5 pl. XXIV, z [?]; Svoronos Athens pl. 11, 50; Kroll 14; HGC 4, 1681.
Provenance: Ex. Shanna Schmidt Numismatics January 8, 2023 from the J. de Wilde Collection; Ex. Herbert Cahn Collection (Numismatica Genevensis SA Numismatic Auction 7, 27 November 2012), lot 103 (part of).
Photo Credits: Shanna Schmidt Numismatics
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1. Attica, Athens. 460-455 BC. (Most Likely an Eastern imitation)AR Obol.
obv: Helmeted head of Athena right
rev: Owl standing right, head facing, AQE to right, leaf to left.Dino
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2. ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Obol (8.5mm, 0.66 g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 13; HGC 4, 1665. VF, find patina, minor roughness.
CNG Auction 431, Lot: 178.Dino
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3. Attica, Athens. 300-287 BC. Ar Hemidrachm (triobol).
Obv; Helmeted hd of Athena right.
Rev; Owl. Dark tone but good silver.
Scarce old collection coin.
1.97g. 13mm.
Dino
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4 countermarks on Athens Tetradrachm449-413 B.C. Attica Old style Tetradrachm
Obverse: Head of Athena right, almond shaped eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and floral scroll, hair in parallel curves. 4 countermarks across cheek.
Reverse: AOE Right, owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, olive sprig and crescent left, all within incuse square. Test cut and counter punch, and countermark.
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4. Attica, Athens. 449-413 BC.AR Hemidrachm
obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, profile eye
rev: Owl standing facing with closed wings, olive sprig. (Die break on owl)
2.1g, 12mm.Dino
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5. Attica, Athens. 393-300 BC.AR Hemidrachm
obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, profile eye
rev: Owl standing facing with closed wings, olive sprig.
Svoronos 43ff, BMC 162ff.
2.1g, 12mm.Dino
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6. ATTICA, Athens. Circa 460-404 BC. Drachm (14mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig behind; all within incuse square. Kroll 10; SNG Copenhagen 41. Near VF, graffito on reverse.
CNG Electronic Auction 217, Lot: 66.
Dino
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7. Attica, Athens. 449-413 BCAR tetradrachm
Head of Athena Right. Crested helmet. Archaic style almond shaped eye.
Owl standing right. Olive sprig/crescent left. AOE right.
SNGCop 31
24mm 17.0g
exMalter GalleriesDino
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8. Attica, Athens. 449-413 BCAR tetradrachm
Head of Athena Right. Crested helmet. Archaic style almond shaped eye.
Owl standing right. Olive sprig/crescent left. AOE right. Test cuts owl head and tail.
SNGCop 39
22mm 17.3gDino
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Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE18. Athena/SphinxObv: Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos, r.
Rev: ΑΘΕ, sphinx wearing modius, r.; all in wreath.
Reign of Augustus, c. mid-late 20s BC.
RPC 1311.ancientone
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Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22Obv: Bust of Athena r. wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis.
Rev: AΘH NA IΩN Bucranium bound by wreath.
Time of Hadrian and the Antonines.
BMC 810.ancientone
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Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22Obv: Draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev: AΘHN-A-IΩN, Athena Parthenos standing facing, Nike crowning her with wreath extended in right hand, left holds a spear and rests on a grounded shield.
c. 115 - 160 A.D.
BMC Attica 686-7.ancientone
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Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22Obv: Draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev: AΘHNAIΩN, Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left.
Kroll 318ancientone
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Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22. TriptolemosObv: Bust of Athena l. wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis.
Rev: AΘH NA IΩN / Triptolemos standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, l.
Time of Hadrian and the Antonines.
22mm., 6.1g.
ancientone
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Aegina - AR staterc. 510-485 BC
turtle, row of dots on the back
incuse square ( “Union Jack” pattern)
Milbank 3; BMC Attica, p. 126, 3; SNG Cop 502
12,0g 20mm
Ex AureaJ. B.
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Aegina Land Tortoise AR Drachm (Testudo Graeca Ibera) Greek (Classical). Islands off Attica (Saronic Gulf), Aegina. AR Drachm (5.0g, 19.5mm, 3h?), struck c. BCE 350-338.
Obv: Land tortoise (prob. testudo graeca ibera) with segmented shell of 13 plates. Rev: Large incuse square with skew pattern, two pellets (astragalos?) in one of five compartments (left, top or bottom?) . Ref: Millbank Period V (404-375 BC), pl. II, 16; HGC 6, 443; SNG Cop 520; SNG Lockett 2004 ("acorn"). Prov: Ex-Colosseum Coin Exchange (Ira Teitelbaum, Hazlet NJ) MBS 59 (22 Nov 1991), Lot 2 [external LINK].Curtis JJ
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Aegina Land Tortoise AR Stater (Testudo Graeca Ibera)Greek (Classical). Islands off Attica (Saronic Gulf), Aegina. AR Stater (11.97, 20mm), struck c. 456-431 BCE.
Obv: Land tortoise (prob. testudo graeca ibera), segmented shell of 13 plates. Rev: Large incuse square with five-compartment skew pattern with wide border.
Ref: Meadows Group IIIb; Millbank Period V (404-375 BC), pl. II, 10 (same obv. die); SNG Cop 516; Sear 2600. See also HGC 6, 437. Prov: Ex- Gitbud & Naumann Pecunem 20 (3 Aug 2014), Lot 186.
Coin-in-hand video: LINKCurtis JJ
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Aegina Sea Turtle AR Stater (leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea)Greek (Archaic). Islands off Attica (Saronic Gulf), Aegina. AR Stater (12.19, 21.5mm, 7h), struck c. 480-457 BCE (contested).
Obv: Sea turtle (prob. leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea), head turned sideways in profile, with trefoil collar and 'T-back' design, column of pellets on shell. Banker's mark: Incuse circle with cross and four sunken compartments. Rev: Large 'skew pattern' incuse square with five sunken compartments.
Ref: Milbank period III, pl. 1, 14-15; Meadows Aegina Group IIIa; HGC 6, 435; SNG Cop 507; SNG Lockett 1970; for Banker’s Mark: Milbank p. 19, Counterstamp 15; Nicolet-Pierre (BCH 1995 [LINK]) p. 326, Fig. 6, 15 (Milbank’s & N-P’s numeration coincidental).
Prov: Ex-Nomos Obolos 16 (Zurich, 11 Oct 2020), Lot 772
Note: Incuse geometric design of the Banker's Mark (Milbank #15) is an interesting complement to the reverse imagery. Coin-in-hand video: LINKCurtis JJ
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Aegina Tortoise ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 350-338 BC. Drachm (Silver, 18mm, 5.23 g 2). Tortoise seen from above. Rev. Incuse square divided into five compartments; A-IΓI in upper two, dolphin in lower left section. Milbank Pl. III, 5. SNG Delepierre 1548-9. Very fine. JBGood
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Aegina, Attica510 - 485 B.C.
Silver Stater
12.35 gm, 18 mm
Obv.: Sea turtle with collar
Rev.: “Proto-skew” incuse pattern, round test punch near center
Sear 1851;
BMC 11, p.128, 28
HGC 6, 430
[Meadows, Groups IIa-IIb]
[SNG Copenhagen 501]
Jaimelai
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Aegina, Attica510 - 485 B.C.
Silver Stater
12.35 gm, 18 mm
Obv.: Sea turtle with collar
Rev.: “Proto-skew” incuse pattern, round test punch near center
Sear 1851;
BMC 11, p.128, 28
HGC 6, 430
[Meadows, Groups IIa-IIb]
[SNG Copenhagen 501]Jaimelai
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Aegina, Attica510 - 485 B.C.
Silver Stater
12.35 gm, 18 mm
Obv.: Sea turtle with collar
Rev.: “Proto-skew” incuse pattern, round test punch near center
Sear 1851;
BMC 11, p.128, 28
HGC 6, 430
[Meadows, Groups IIa-IIb]
[SNG Copenhagen 501]Jaimelai
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Aegina, Attica, (c. 360-350 B.C.), AE-12, SNG Cop 533, -/-//--, Refined skew, #1Aegina, Attica, (c. 360-350 B.C.), AE-12, SNG Cop 533, -/-//--, Refined skew, #1
avers: Two dolphins, "A" between.
reverse: Refined skew.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 11,5-12,5mm, weight: 1,53g, axes: 10h,
mint: Aegina, Attica, date: c. 360-350 B.C., ref: SNG Cop 533, BMC Attica pg.143, 206ff, Laffaille 359.
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Aigina. Land tortoise Stater.Greece. Aigina. c. 445-430 BC. AR Stater (12.16 gm, 21.0mm). Land tortise with segmented shell of 13 plates. Indistinct countermark in center. / Skew pattern incuse square with five compartments (three squares and two triangles) divided by three thin bands. aVF. Bt. Coral Gables, 2001. SNG Delepierre 1775 (same rev. die); BMC p.137 #146; Dewing 1683; HGC 6 #437; McClean II #6040-6044; Meadows Aegina Gp IIIb; Milbank pd.V pl.2 #12; SNG Cop 3 (Attica-Aegina) 516-517; SNG Munich 561-562. cf. H. D. Rauch 109 #144 (same dies); CNG 118 #204.Anaximander
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Aigina. Sea Turtle Stater.Greece. Aigina. 510-490 BC. AR Stater (12.37 gm, 22.0mm). Sea Turtle, head turned to right, with vestige of collar. Row of dots down dorsal spine, if any, has disappeared with wear of coin or die and skew countermark. / Incuse square with "Union Jack" pattern of eight incuse triangles, three broken (irregularly filled). Graffitti. VF. Bt. Coral Gables, 2001. SNG Cop 3 (Attica-Aegina) #501-503; SNG Delepierre 1551ff; SNG Munich 529/532; ACNAC Rosen 216; Asyut Gp.II; HGC 6 #430; McClean 6004-5; Meadows Aegina Gp II a-b; Milbank Pd.I (pl.I #3); Selinas Hoard ANSMN 33 Gp.2 #90-91 (same rev. die?).Anaximander
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Amphipolis, Macedonia, c. 168 - 149 B.C.Bronze AE 20, SGCV I 1394; (SNG Cop 62), weight 7.8 g, max. diameter 21.75 mm, Amphipolis mint, Roman rule, c. 168 - 149 B.C.; Obv. diademed head of Artemis Tauropolos right, bow and quiver at shoulder; Rev. ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, two goats on their hind legs, contending head to head. Green patina, very worn.
Artemis Tauropolos was an epithet for the goddess Artemis, variously interpreted as worshipped at Tauris, or pulled by a yoke of bulls, or hunting bull goddess. A statue of Artemis "Tauropolos" in her temple at Brauron in Attica was supposed to have been brought from the Taurians by Iphigenia. Tauropolia was a festival of Artemis in Athens. - WikipediaSteve E
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Ancient Greek Coin Collection From Sixth to First Centuries B.C.Here are the coins I started collecting from 2012 to present. As Aristotle wrote two millennia ago that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, there is no better way to present a collection of Greeks than to put them all together in a single shot. (Please click on picture for bigger resolution and to show greater details on coins).
Top row from left to right: AEOLIS, MYRINA. AR "Stephanophoric" Tetradrachm. Circa 150 BC**ILLYRIA, DYRRHACHION. AR Stater. Circa 340-280 BC**IONIA, SMYRNA. AR “Stephanophoric” Tetradrachm. Circa 150-145 BC** PELOPONNESOS, SIKYON. AR Stater. Circa 335-330 BC**ATTICA, ATHENS. “New style” Tetradrachm. Circa 169 BC.
Fifth row: BACTRIA, Antialkidas. AR Drachm. Circa 145-135 BC**CAPPADOCIA. Ariobarzanes I AR Drachm. Circa 96-63 BC**THRACE, ABDERA. AR Tetrobol. Circa 360-350 BC**THRACE, CHERSONESSOS. AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Fourth row: LUCANIA, METAPONTION. AR Stater. Circa 510-480 BC**THESSALIAN LEAGUE. AR Stater. Circa 196-146 BC**MACEDONIA. Kassander AR Tetradrachm. Circa 317-315 BC**AKARNANIA, LEUKAS. AR Stater. Circa 320-280 BC**PAMPHYLIA, ASPENDOS. AR Stater. Circa 330-300 BC.
Third row: SELEUKID SYRIA. Antiochos VI AR Drachm. Circa 144-143 BC**LUCANIA, METAPONTION. AR Stater. Circa 340-330 BC**LUCANIA, VELIA. AR Stater. Circa 280 BC**PARTHIA. Mithradates II AR Drachm. Circa 121-91 BC.
Second row: MYSIA, PERGAMMON. Eumenes I AR Tetradrachm. Circa 263-241 BC**CILICIA, TARSOS. Mazaios AR Stater. Circa 361-334 BC**THRACE. Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 297-281 BC**CILICIA, TARSOS. Pharnabazos AR Stater. Circa 380-374 BC**THRACE, MARONEIA. AR Tetradrachm. Mid 2nd cent. BC.
Bottom row: SELEUKID SYRIA. Antiochos Euergetes VII AR Tetradrachm. Circa 138-129 BC**MACEDON. Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Circa 325-315 BC**CILICIA, AIGEAI. AR Tetradrachm. Circa 30 BC**PAIONIA. Patraos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 335-315 BC**PAMPHYLIA, SIDE. AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-36 BC.
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Athen, Attica 449-413 BCJBGood
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Athena / Owl Tetradrachm Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. 17.22g, 23mm, 10h. Circa 454-404 BC.
O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss, and pearl necklace. Braided hair curling out below the helmet.
R: Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ "Of the Athenians"; all within incuse square.
- Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31.
Nemonater
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Athena and her owl In Greek mythology, a Little Owl baby (Athene noctua) traditionally represents or accompanies Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom, or Minerva, her syncretic incarnation in Roman mythology. Because of such association, the bird often referred to as the "owl of Athena" or the "owl of Minerva" has been used as a symbol of knowledge, wisdom, perspicacity and erudition throughout the Western world.
The reasons behind the association of Athena and the owl are lost in time. Some mythographers, such as David Kinsley and Martin P. Nilsson suggest that she may descend from a Minoan palace goddess associated with birds and Marija Gimbutas claim to trace Athena's origins as an Old European bird and snake goddess.
On the other hand, Cynthia Berger theorizes about the appeal of some characteristics of owls such as their ability to see in the dark to be used as symbol of wisdom while others, such as William Geoffrey Arnott, propose a simple association between founding myths of Athens and the significant number of Little Owls in the region (a fact noted since antiquity by Aristophanes in The Birds and Lysistrata).
In any case, the city of Athens seems to have adopted the owl as proof of allegiance to its patron virgin goddess, which according to a popular etiological myth reproduced on the West pediment of the Parthenon, secured the favor of its citizens by providing them with a more enticing gift than Poséidon.
Owls were commonly reproduced by Athenians in vases, weights and prize amphoras for the Panathenaic Games. The owl of Athena even became the common obverse of the Athenian tetradrachms after 510 BC and according to Philochorus, the Athenian tetradrachm was known as glaux throughout the ancient world and "owl" in present day numismatics. They were not, however, used exclusively by them to represent Athena and were even used for motivation during battles by other Greek cities, such as in the victory of Agathocles of Syracuse over the Carthaginians in 310 B.C. in which owls flying through the ranks were interpreted as Athena’s blessing or in the Battle of Salamis, chronicled in Plutarch's biography of Themistocles.
(Source: Wikipédia)
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Athena ParthenosAttica, Athens, ca. 264-267 AD, Æ 21
Helmeted head of Athena right. / AΘHN-AIΩN Athena Parthenos standing left holding Nike, shield and spear.
Kroll, Agora, 284; Sv-pl 82, 5ff; SNG Copenhagen 384.
(21 mm, 4.98 g, 6h)
The statue of Athena depicted on the reverse of this coin is a representation of Phidias cult statue of Athena in the Parthenon on the acropolis of Athens. The statue is stood in the Parthenon until the Fifth century AD, when it was destroyed by fire.
This is amongst the last of the “Roman series” of coins issued from the mint in Athens. In 267 AD Germanic raiders sacked the city bringing to an end the operations of the Athenian mint.
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Athenian OwlAttica-Athens
Silver tetradrachm
449-414 B.C.
17g, 24mm, 45o
Interesting Countermark on reversemihali84
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Athenian OwlAttica-Athens
Silver tetradrachm
449-414 B.C.
16.54g, 24mm, 0omihali84
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Athenian Owl Silver TetradrachmAthens, Attica, Greece (c.454-404 BCE), Old Style Silver Tetradrachm, SNG Cop 31, SNG München 49, Kroll 8, Dewing 1611, Gulbenkian 519, HGC 4 1597, SGCV I 2526, EF, well-centred and struck on a tight flan, bold high relief, lightly toned, minor marks, reverse some hoard encrustations, small edge cracks, plain edge, weight 17.25g, composition Ag, diameter 23.0mm, thickness 6.4mm, die axis 330°, Athens mint, c.454-404 BCE; obverse head of Athena right, almond-shaped eye, wearing crested Attic helmet with olive leaves and floral scroll, wire choker, round earring, hair in parallel curves; reverse owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, prong tail, olive sprig and crescent above left, AΘE downward on right, all within incuse square; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Silbury Coins (17 Dec 2020) with COA; £750.00.Serendipity
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AthensAttica - Athens
Tetradrachm
Obverse:Head of Athena right in crested helmet
Revarse:Owl standing right, head facing, olive spring and crescent to left
22.14mm 12.77gm
MODERN CAST FAKE
I bought it as "unknown" 12$ at ebaymaik
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AthensAttica-Athens
Tetradrachm 450-404 bc
Obverse:Helmeted head of Athena right, in crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves
Reverse:ATHE ; owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind
16.68gm 24.85mm
Sear 2526
maik
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Athens - AEstruck in the reign of Gallienus 264-267 AD
draped bust of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet
Athena Parthenos facing, head left, holding Nike with wreath. Left hand resting on shield set on ground holding spear
AΘHNA_IΩN
BMC Attica p. 95, 684; SNG Cop 384
6,4g 22mmJ. B.
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ATHENS ATTICA AR Tetradrachm, Thompson 477a, New Style OwlOBV: Helmeted head of Athena right
REV: Owl standing right, head facing, on overturned amphora; to left, eagle standing right on thunderbolt; Gamma on amphora, ΗΡΑ in exergue; all within laurel wreath
16.8g
Minted at Athens, 127/26 BCLegatus
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Athens Attica Owl TetradrachmAthens Attica Owl Tetradrachm
440-420 BC
25 mm, 16.3g
Ex Steve McBride, Incitatus coins.
Classical Owl Type B, similar to the one from SNG Munich 52.JayAg47
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Athens c. 393-300 BC, tetradrachmAttica. Athens c. 393-300 BC, tetradrachm, 16.23 g, eye seen in profile, Sear GCV I: 2537.Podiceps
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Athens Emergency Issue Plated Tetradrachm Circa 406-404 BCQuote from David Sear:
"Athens was the greatest power in the Greek world throughout most of the 5th century BC. Its famous 'owl' coinage, principally of silver tetradrachms, possibly commenced in 510 BC on the occasion of the downfall of the tyrant Hippias. On these celebrated coins the helmeted head of the goddess Athena was accompanied by her attendant owl and the first three letters of the ethnic 'AQE'. Later, a diadem of olive leaves was added to Athena's helmet and a cresent moon was placed in the reverse field, though the precise chronological significance of these changes remains uncertain. To the intense chagrin of the Spartans Athens became the leader of the Greek states, including those of Ionia, in the epic struggle against the expansionist policies of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The victories at Salamis (480 BC) and the Eurymedon (circa 467) clearly established the Athenian supremacy in the Aegean world. Initially, the Delian League (founded in 477) was an alliance of independent states sharing a common cause under the leadership of Athens. It gradually developed into an Athenian maritime empire with the member cities obliged to pay an annual tribute into the League's treasury on Delos. In 454 this treasury, amounting to 5,000 talents of silver, was actually removed to Athens and the vast wealth was openly employed for the aggrandizement of the city, now under the leadership of the great statesman Pericles. Vast building projecdts, such as the monumental edifices on the Acropolis, were financed in this way. From 431, however, Athens became embroiled in the protracted Peloponnesian War and increasingly the wealth of the state was dissipated in this futile cause. This attractive tetradrachm belongs to the exceptionally large ouput of Athenian 'owls' made during the second half of the 5th century. In contrast to the artistic development taking place at mints in other parts of the Mediterranean world, the late archaic style of the earlier 5th century became 'frozen' on these issues which represent the first truly imperial coinage of the Greek world. As Athens restricted or forbade the issue of independent currency at many of the cities within her sphere of influence the 'owls' came to circulate over an increasingly wide area. But this all came to an end with the defeat of Athens by Sparta in 404 BC and during the period immediately preceding this catastrophe the Athenians were reduced to the desperate expedient of issuing bronze tetradrachms and drachms with a thin surface coating of silver. This specimen is an excellent example of this emergency coinage the production of which drew contemporary comment from Aristophanes who, in his play Frogs (717ff), compares the decline in the quality of the leading citizens with the recent debasement of the Athenian coinage."
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Athens New Style Tetradrachm 93/2 BCObs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
29 mm 16.15 gm Thompson issue (new) 72
Thompson catalogue: Obs: 1063b
ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
on which month mark K control ΠEP below
3 magistrates : DEMEAS ERMOKLES LYSIM
RF symbol :Headdress of Isis
All surrounded by an olive wreathcicerokid
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Athens New Style Tetradrachm 79/8 BCObs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
30 mm 16.60 gm Thompson issue 86 Thompson catalogue: Obs 1217 Rev: New/Not in plztes?
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
on which month mark ? control ? below
2 magistrates : NESTOR MNASEAS
RF symbol : Stag
All surrounded by an olive wreathcicerokid
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Athens New Style Tetradrachm 97/6 BCbs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
15.43g 29mm Thompson issue 68
Thompson catalogue: Obs 901 : Rev NEW
REV : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
on which month mark H? control ΣΟ/MH below
3 magistrates : DEMETRIOS AGATHIPPOS OLY
RF symbol : Caps of Piloi
All surrounded by an olive wreathcicerokid
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Athens New Style, Ktesi- and Eyma- (Thompson 275)Greek (Hellenistic). Attica, Athens "New Style" AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.73g, 6h), Magistrates Ktesi- and Eyma-, c. 139/8 BCE.
Obv: Head of Athena to right, wearing necklace, pendent earring, and triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with vine scroll, Pegasus above.
Rev: A-ΘE | KTH/ΣΙ | EY/MA. Owl standing r. on amphora, head front; ethnic and magistrates' names l. and r., in r. field Nike advancing r. holding out wreath with both hands; ΠP (contractor or engraver's initials) in lower l. field, letter on amphora illegible [K]; all within olive wreath.
Ref: Thompson 275; cf. Thompson 274f (Ktsei-, Euma-); HGC 4, 1602; Svoronos, A. Pl. 42, 9.
Prov: Ex-Harlan J Berk 208 (5 Sep 2019), Lot 77; ex Stephen Corn (1943-2018) Collection; Ex-Tom Cederlind (August 2014), with tag [possibly Cederlind BBS 176 (16 October 2014) – “176” on reverse of tag – or Cederlind BBS 175 (14 August 2014)?]; ex-Münzen & Medaillen GmbH (DE) Auction 40 (Munich, 4 June 2014), Lot 196; ex-Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH Auction 67 (Munich, 2 May 1994), Lot 161.
Notes: Unfortunately the toning was mostly stripped after M&M GMBH 40. I think it looked a lot better that way [LINK]. Otherwise, I thought the Stephen Corn Collection of New Style Tetradrachms was very impressive.Curtis JJ
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Athens Owl AR TetradrachmGreek (Classical). Attica, Athens. AR Tetradrachm (16.9g, 24mm, 2h). Struck c. 454-404 BCE.
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll. Rev: AΘE. Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square.
Ref: Sear GCV 2526; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31-40; Kroll 8.
Prov: Purchased at a Paris coin shop, late 1980s (summer 1986 or 1988), probably Claude Burgan/Maison Florange (or neighboring shop).Curtis JJ
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Athens Owl AR Tetradrachm, Ex Berk FPL #2 (1974) & Weaver FPL #2 (1975)Greek (Classical). Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm (17.2g, 26mm, 1h). "Mass Classical" type, struck c. 454-404 BCE.
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll. Rev: AΘE. Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square.
Ref: Sear GCV 2526; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31-40; Kroll 8.
Prov: Ex Morton & Eden 104 (London, 14 Nov 2019), Lot 69 (part); HJB Fixed Price List #2, Fall 1974, #80 (illustrated on p. 41, $295) [LINK]; Douglas Weaver Fixed Price List, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Cleburne, TX, November 1975), Lot 698 (illustrated on Pl. 22, $350), cataloged by Tom Stanton.
Notes: Both old catalog provenances were lucky finds ("in the wild," at least). Having scanned all the Buy-Bid Sales for anything I might recognize, I then combed through Berk's less well-known FPLs. The Weaver list isn't online, but I got it in a group lot of FPLs from the 2021 sale of BCD Library Duplicates. It still had the postage & address label to the well-known coin dealer Henry Christensen. (The interesting provenance for the catalog itself makes finding the coin even more exciting! Those are my favorites-of-favorites. I shared it in "Old Auction Catalogue Madness!" reply 298: [LINK].)Curtis JJ
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Athens Owl Tetradrachm #3Greek (Classical). Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm (17.26g, 27mm, 6h), c. 454 – 404 BCE.
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll.
Ref: AΘE. Owl standing r., head facing; olive sprig and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square.
Ref: Sear GCV 2526; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31-40; Kroll 8.
Prov: Ex-Savoca 39th Silver Auction (22 Dec 2019), Lot 41
Notes: Two others in my "Animals" album. I think the injury to Athena's eye is an edge crack from striking, just in an unusual place (and filled in with some horn silver).Curtis JJ
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Athens Tetradrachm449-413 B.C. Attica Old style Tetradrachm 17g
Obverse: Head of Athena right, almond shaped eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and floral scroll, hair in parallel curves. Test cut and Countermark on cheek.
Reverse: AOE Right, owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, olive sprig and crescent left, all within incuse square. Test cuts and counter punch in eye.
Dk0311USMC
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Athens TetradrachmTetradrachm (AR), 17.05g, 28mm, 6h. Ca. 449-404. Flament pl. IV, 2 (this coin). ex Glendinning, 18-20 April 1955 no383. Waxy deposit in Athena's ear and below the earring was cleaned, see the new photo in my gallery (I initialy believed it was horn silver)paparoupa
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Athens Tetradrachm (Van Alfen 35)Attica, Athens, AR Tetradrachm. 393-300 B.C.. Obv: Head of Athena right, eye in profile. Rev: Owl standing to r., head facing, to r. A-theta-E, to left, olive twig and crescent, all within incuse square, test cut. 22 mm, 16.58 grams. Van Alfen, Peter. American Journal of Numismatics, second series, volume 16-17, number 35, this coin.Lucas H
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Athens Triobol (Hemidrachm)Attica. Athens c. 393-300 B.C. AR Triobol (Hemidrachm), 2,07g, Obv: Head of Athena right (obv. off-centered). Rev: ATHE, Owl standing facing, wings closed, olive-branch on either side. BMC 11.168. Sear GCV I: 2539.Podiceps
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Athens, Attica287 - 270 B.C.
Bronze AE13
2.70 gm, 13 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet
Rev.: Owl standing right, head facing, wings closed, A to left, Θ to right, all within corn wreath
Sear 2565;
BMC 11, p.22, 229;
Kroll 53;
HGC 4, 1737Jaimelai
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Athens, Attica449 - 413 B.C.
Silver Obol
0.72 gm, 8 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena right wearing crested Attic helmet and round ear ring
Rev.: Owl standing right, head facing, wings closed A Θ E to right, olive sprig (single leaf and berry) behind
Sear 2530; BMC 11, p.10, 99Jaimelai
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Athens, AtticaEleusinian Festival Coinage
340-335 BC
AE 16 (16mm, 3.65g)
O: Triptolemos seated left in winged chariot drawn by two serpents, holding grain ear in right hand.
R: Pig standing right on mystic staff; EΛEYΣI above, bucranium in ex.
SNG Cop 415; Agora 38h; Sear 2586v
The Sons of Dysaules
The story of Triptolemus being charged with bringing agriculture to man has been well told. That of his brother Eubouleus perhaps less so.
Eubouleus was a swineherd whose pigs were lost when the Earth gaped open to swallow up Persephone.
Pigs were sacrificed during the Eleusinian Rites in a women’s mystery ritual known as the Thesmophoria. The piglets would be washed in the sea during the Procession and then brought back to the Sanctuary and ritually slaughtered.
It is interesting to note that in ancient Greek religion pigs were thought to be able to absorb miasma from humans, making this an even more appropriate offering.
"It is said, then, that when Demeter came to Argos she was received by Pelasgos into his home, and that Khrysanthis, knowing about the rape of Kore, related the story to her. Afterwards Trokhilos, the priest of the mysteries, fled, they say, from Argos because of the enmity of Agenor, came to Attika and married a woman of Eleusis, by whom he had two children Eubouleos and Triptolemos. That is the account given by the Argives."
~ Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. 14. 3 Enodia
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Athens, Attica307 - 300 B.C.
Bronze AE14
4.16 gm, 14 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena right wearing Corinthian helmet with three crests, adorned with serpent
Rev.: Owl standing left, head facing, wings closed
A to right, H Θ to left, all in olive wreath
Kroll 50; [SNG Copenhagen 94]
BMC 11, p.22, 240
HGC 4, 1719
Jaimelai
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Athens, Attica307 - 300 B.C.
Bronze AE14
4.16 gm, 14 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena right wearing Corinthian helmet with three crests, adorned with serpent
Rev.: Owl standing left, head facing, wings closed
A to right, H Θ to left, all in olive wreath
Kroll 50; [SNG Copenhagen 94]
BMC 11, p.22, 240
Same coin shot on angle to show thickness and sculpture of coin. "The heaviness of the Owl-left coinage is matched by the exceptional quality of its alloy, die engraving and striking, making it altogether one of the most carefully prepared bronze coinages ever minted at Athens." from Kroll 1993. Jaimelai
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Athens, Attica454 - 404 B.C.
Silver Tetradrachm
17.04 gm, 25 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena with frontal eye right, wearing crested Attic helmet with three olive leaves above visor and floral scroll on bowl
Rev.: Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent moon behind, all in square incuse; A Θ E to right
HGC 4, 1597;
Sear 2526;
BMC 11, 62
Jaimelai
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Athens, Attica353-294 B.C.
Silver Triobol
1.95 gm, 12 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena right wearing crested
Attic helmet and round ear ring, eye in profile
Rev.: Owl standing facing, on either side olive branches with two pairs of leaves;
A / Ε - Θ around
Kroll 19;
HGC 1642;
Sear 2539;
BMC 11, p.16, 162
Jaimelai
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Athens, Attica454 - 404 B.C.
Silver Triobol
2.11 gm, 13 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena right wearing crested
Attic helmet and round ear ring
Rev.: Owl standing facing, on either side olive branches with two pairs of leaves;
A / Ε - Θ around
Kroll 12;
HGC 1641;
Sear 2528;
BMC 11, p.9, 82-89
Jaimelai
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Athens, Attica400/390-294 B.C.
Silver Hemiobol
0.34 gm, 6.5 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena right wearing crested Attic helmet and round ear ring, eye in profile
Rev.: Owl standing right, head facing, wings closed, olive leaf behind; A Θ E to right
HGC 1682;
Sear 2531 var.;
[SNG Cop 59]
[Svoronos pl. 17, 52–56]
Jaimelai
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Athens, Attica454-404 BC
AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.30g)
O: Helmeted head of Athena right.
R: Owl standing right with head facing, olive sprig behind; AΘE to right, all within incuse square.
Kroll 14; SNG Cop 59; Sear 2531v
ex Artifact Man
Enodia
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Athens, Attica 270 - 261 B.C.
Bronze AE14
2.60 gm, 14 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet
Rev.: Owl standing right, head facing, wings closed; A on top, Θ to left, E to right, above owl; wreath in right field
BMC 11, p.22, 236-38;
Kroll 1993, 57;
HGC 4, 1728
Jaimelai
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Athens, Attica454-431 BC
AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.95g)
O: Head of Athena with archaic eye right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with palmette and olive leaves.
R: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and cresent moon above, AΘE to right, all within incuse square.
SNG Cop 31; Kroll 8; Sear 2526
ex Steven Battelle
With her almond eye and Mona Lisa-like grin, along with her companion owl (Athene Noctua), these classic 5th century tetradrachms from Athens are truly THE iconic ancient coin.Enodia
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Athens, Attica TetradrachmAR Tetradrachm
Size: 23 mm Weight: 16.73 grams Die axis: 9h
Athens, Attica
454 – 415 BCE
Obverse: Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves above the visor and a floral scroll on the bowl. Hair is drawn in parallel curves, wears a round earring.
Reverse: Owl standing to right, head facing with tail feathers as a single protrusion. Olive sprig and crescent moon to upper left. AΘE to right.
Purchased from Freeman & Sear, 2008Pharsalos
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Athens, Attica, AE15, ΑΘΕAE15
Anonymous
Issued: Ca. 307 - 300BC
Greek Imperial: Athens, Attica
15.0mm 3.32gr 6h
O: NO LEGEND; Helmeted head of Athena, right.
R: ΑΘΕ; Owl standing left, head facing, within olive wreath.
Harlan Berk
Chicago Coin Expo 4/6/17 4/17/17
Not sure about this attribution. The problem seems to be that there is some chatter in the reverse left field that is hard to distinguish. I believe it could be VELH but I am not sure. So here this coin sits until I figure it out for sure.
5/15/22 Edited to add: Thanks to Dane at Wildwinds, we are certain this is from Athens. Miracles!
Nicholas Z
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