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- ID: 959
Submitter: Federico Pastrone
Added: 2001-04-14
ATTICA.
Athens.
AR-Tetradrachm, c. 455 B. C.
Av.: Head of Athena to r., wearing Attic helmet, on helmet, scroll and three olive leaves.
Rv.: Owl standing to r. within incuse square, to l., olive sprig.
17,44 g.
Ref.: BoC 24/1, 1999, p. 9, 2A.
FAKE – a counterfeit of the late 1940s. The Athena head is slightly too developped cpmpared to the archaistic owl.