Attica, Athens Tetradrachm after 353, AR 21.5mm., 17.60g. Head of Athena r. with frontally depicted eye; wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and a palmette, and wearing earring. Rev. Owl r., head facing; in upper l. field, olive spray and crescent; in r. field, ΑΘΕ. Kroll 2011, p. 4, Fig. 1c; van Alfen 2012, p. 96, fig. 5.16.

Old cabinet tone. Good Very Fine.

In addition, winning bids of EEC clients for this coin are subject to a 5% fee on hammer price as a reimbursement for import duty paid to HMRC.

The shape of the flan of this Athenian pi-stlye tetradrachm, along with the layering of the sides, proves that the coin is restruck from a flattened and folded-over earlier Athenian coin. This is a typical Athenian pi-styled tetradrachm of Flament pi II group dated to after 353 BC, see Flament 2007, p. 125, Table 4 and p. 126.