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crescent added on the reverse, commemorating the
Battle of Marathon. About EF/VF
$16,500
Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 367, from
the Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky
Collection. Ex Charles Seltman Collection
.
43.
c. 445-440 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.15g (5h). Obv:
Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: Owl standing
right, head facing, olive leaves and crescent behind,
AΘE downwards before. The obverse of this coin
is unusually artistic, very close to Starr Group V.
Doubtless it is one of the earliest coins of the main
issue following the Starr groups. Struck in high
relief with full luster. Mint State/Good EF
$3,000
Ex Rockefeller University
44.
c. 404 BC. Drachm, 4.05g (7h). Obv: Head of
Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with
three olive leaves. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right,
head facing; in upper left field, olive twig; all within
incuse square. SNG Lockett 1851. SNG München
62. Toned Good VF
$500
Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 380. Ex
Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky
Collection
.
Early New Style Athens
45.
New Style.
155/154 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.90g (11h).
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested
Attic helmet adorned with Pegasus. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl
standing facing on amphora; to left and right, mono-
gram; below, in field to right, caps of the Dioscuri;
all within olive wreath. Thompson 61. New Style
Athenian tetradrachms are rather beautifully
designed and very scarce. They also rarely come
as sharply struck and beautifully toned as this coin.
Mint State
$3,500
Exceptional Early Aegina
46.
Aegina.
550-530 BC. Stater, 12.28g (11h). Obv:
Smooth-shelled sea turtle with very thin collar and
beaded shell. Rx: Incuse, “Union Jack” pattern.
Asyut Group II, 429. Milbank 2. Dewing 1654. This
is one of the first issues of Aegina, whose staters
became the first world trade coin. An exceptional
example, perfectly centered and showing no wear.
Somewhat lustrous. Choice EF
$6,500
From the JP Collection, purchased from Platt,
January 1986
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