Coins. Ancient Greece. Athens, 1st-2nd century BC
Ancient Greece. Attica, Athens, AR Tetradrachm, 1st-2nd Century B.C. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena facing right. Rev: Owl standing on amphora within wreath. 27-28mm, 16.4g. Ionia, Ephesos, AR Tetradrachm, 1st-2nd century B.C. Obv: Cista mystica with a serpent emerging, within an ivy-wreath. Bowcase with two serpents. 28-31mm, 12.5g. Pisidia, Selge, AR Obol, 4th century B.C. Obverse: Gorgoneion (Gorgon) facing. Reverse: Head of Athena right in crested Athenian Helmet. 10-11mm, 0.77g, the first AF, slightly short of flan and off centre, the second F-GF, the last VF with an attractive tone
(Qty: 3)
Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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Ancient Greece. Attica, Athens, AR Tetradrachm, 1st-2nd Century B.C. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena facing right. Rev: Owl standing on amphora within wreath. 27-28mm, 16.4g. Ionia, Ephesos, AR Tetradrachm, 1st-2nd century B.C. Obv: Cista mystica with a serpent emerging, within an ivy-wreath. Bowcase with two serpents. 28-31mm, 12.5g. Pisidia, Selge, AR Obol, 4th century B.C. Obverse: Gorgoneion (Gorgon) facing. Reverse: Head of Athena right in crested Athenian Helmet. 10-11mm, 0.77g, the first AF, slightly short of flan and off centre, the second F-GF, the last VF with an attractive tone
(Qty: 3)
Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.