2nd-1st CENTURIES BC SILVER ATTICA ATHEN TETRADRACHM ATHENA OWL NEW STYLE NGC VF

  

ANCIENT ATTICA - HELLENISTIC GREECE CITY OF ATHENS "NEW STYLE" SILVER TETRADRACHM 123/2 TO 8 BC? COIN CERTIFIED BY NGC VERY FINE 5/5 STRIKE 3/5 SURFACE PLEASE NOTE CRACK ON CASE. OBV: HEAD RIGHT OF THE GODDESS PALLAS ATHENA (PATRONESS OF ATHENS, GODDESS OF WISDOM, WAR, BRAVERY, JUSTICE) WEARING ATTIC HELMET (TRIPLE CRESTED TYPE) WITH CURVILINEAR ORNAMENT ON THE SHELL AND WITH WINGED HORSE (PEGASUS) ORNAMENT ABOVE RAISED EARPIECE AND WITH PROTOMES OF HORSES ABOVE VISOR. REV: WITHIN WREATH OF OLIVE LEAVES A STANDING OWL (GLAUKOS, THE OWL OF ATHENA REPRESENTING WISDOM AND VIGILANCE) RIGHT WITH HEAD FACING STANDING ON A PROSTRATE AMPHORA; LOWER RIGHT GOD HELIOS WITH RADIANT HEAD STANDING FACING IN QUADRIGA CHARIOT; LEGEND? AT TOP; GREEK LEGENDS WITH NAMES OF MAGISTRATES FLANKING OWL.

THE SILVER ATHENIAN ATHENA/GLAUCUS TETRADRACHM IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMED OF ANCIENT COINS. THIS TETRADRACHM NEW-STYLE TYPE, OFTEN CALLED A "WREATH BEARER" OR STEPHANOPHOROS WERE ISSUED BY ATHENS AS A SEMI-INDEPENDENT CITY UNDER ROMAN SUZEREIGNITY. CONTAINS 16.80 GRAMS OF SILVER. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. We cannot declare any package as a "gift", sampleetc.

The item "2nd-1st CENTURIES BC SILVER ATTICA ATHEN TETRADRACHM ATHENA OWL NEW STYLE NGC VF" is in sale since Wednesday, December 30, 2020. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Ancient\Greek (450 BC-100 AD)".

The seller is "rarecoincollector" and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Denomination: Tetradrachm
2. Composition: Silver
3. Certification: NGC
4. Grade: VF
5. Certification Number: 2411750-008
6. Date: 200 - 100 BC