2nd 1st CENTURIES BC SILVER ATTICA ATHENS TETRADRACHM NGC VERY FINE 5/3

  
ANCIENT ATTICA - HELLENISTIC GREECE. CITY-STATE OF ATHENS, "BIRTHPLACE OF DEMOCRACY" & "CRADLE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION". "NEW STYLE" SILVER TETRADRACHM 119 TO 8 BC? COIN CERTIFIED BY NGC VERY FINE 5/5 STRIKE 3/5 SURFACE. 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 WREATHOF 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.

COIN CONTAINS 16.80 GRAMS OF SILVER. We cannot declare any package as a "gift", sampleetc. The item "2nd 1st CENTURIES BC SILVER ATTICA ATHENS TETRADRACHM NGC VERY FINE 5/3" is in sale since Tuesday, November 3, 2015. 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. Certification: NGC
2. Composition: Silver
3. Denomination: Tetradrachm