bgr_669923 - ATTICA - ATHENS Tétradrachme

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Type : Tétradrachme

Date: c. 485-480 AC.

Mint name / Town : Athènes

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 16,99 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Jolie chouette au revers. Portrait d’Athéna bien archaïque. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

HGCS. 4/1591 - GC.2517 - Starr6 - P.1516

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection de B. Odaert

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique.

Reverse

Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face ; derrière, une branche d'olivier et un croissant ; le tout dans les restes d'un carré creux.

Reverse legend : AQE.

Historical background

ATTICA - ATHENS

(5th century BC)

The fortune of Athens in the 5th century rests largely on the recovery of the treasury of the League of Delos which contained no less than five thousand talents of silver and which served to enrich and embellish Athens by oppressing the Allies. The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) put an end to Athenian hegemony. Pericles (449-429 BC) did not live long enough to witness the fall of the city. Thucydides immortalized this conflict in his work devoted to the Peloponnesian War, of which he was one of the actors before being himself ostracized, that is to say exiled.

ATTICA - ATHENS Drachme XF

850.00 €

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ATTICA - ATHENS Tétradrachme AU

680.00 €

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ATTICA - ATHENS Hemiobole XF

195.00 €

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ATTICA - ATHENS Tétradrachme AU

800.00 €

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ATTICA - ATHENS Obole XF

225.00 €

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ATTICA - ATHENS Tétradrachme MS

2000.00 €

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bgr_669923 - ATTICA - ATHENS Tétradrachme

Obverse

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Historical background

ATTICA - ATHENS

(5th century BC)

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