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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Arabia| > GS86471
Levant, Egypt, or Arabia, Imitative Athenian Transitional Style Tetradrachm, c. 390 - 330 B.C.
|Arabia|, |Levant,| |Egypt,| |or| |Arabia,| |Imitative| |Athenian| |Transitional| |Style| |Tetradrachm,| |c.| |390| |-| |330| |B.C.|,
This coin is from the hoard containing at least 76 Athenian-type owls, both Athenian issues and Egyptian and Levantine imitations, and two silver "dumps" cataloged and discussed by Peter G. van Alfen, in "A New Athenian "Owl" and Bullion Hoard from the Near East" in AJN 16-17 (2004-05), pp. 47-61, and pl. 6-13. The hoard is rumored to have come from the western coast of the Arabian Peninsula. On page 58, Van Alfen identifies this coin as a non-Athenian, an imitative.Temple of Fortuna
GS86471. Silver tetradrachm, Van Alfen New p. 58 & pl. 12, 74 (this coin); countermark: Van Alfen New p. 49, fig. 1; for prototype see: Kroll Pi-Style p. 241, fig. 4, VF, multiple countermarks, edge cracks, non-Athenian Eastern mint, weight 16.642g, maximum diameter 23.7mm, die axis 270o, c. 390 - 330 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right with eye seen in true profile, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves and floral scroll, quatrefoil countermarks; reverse owl standing right, head facing, to right AΘE in large lettering, to left olive sprig and crescent, quatrefoil countermarks; from the Lucas Harsh Collection, Van Alfen New plate coin, ex Amphora catalog 98, lot 149; SOLD











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