ATHENS SILVER TETRADRACHM – 1962 PEDIGREED AND PUBLISHED PERSIAN WARS SPECIMEN ISSUE – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK ATTICA COIN (Inv. 18798)

$4,000.00

FPL VI, 28 (18798). ATTICA. ATHENS. Ca. 510/500-480 BC.
Silver tetradrachm, 16.58 g, 21 mm. Archaic period issue.
Obv. Archaic head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet decorated with chevron and dot pattern. Rev. ΑΘΕ, owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig in left field, all within incuse square.
Seltman Group M (unlisted dies); Asyut Hoard, Group IVa; HGC 4, 1590.
Published: E. Pászthory & S. Hurter, “Metallurgische Untersuchungen an archaischen Münzen aus Athen” in Schweizer Münzblätter 124 (November 1981), 11 (this coin).
Ex Vilmar Numismatics 2017 (inv. 12635); ex CNG 106, 9/13/2017, lot 259 = Berk BBS 162,1/15/2009, lot 81, Dr. Roland Maly Collection (not in LHS sale) = Nomos AG stock, 1979 (CHF 11,500) = Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 223, June 1962, no. 11.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, M&M 223 provenance noted on label, a published specimen with a distinguished pedigree, the obverse featuring an Athena helmet with virtually full crest.