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Live auction - bgr_557688 - ATTICA - ATHENS Tétradrachme

ATTICA - ATHENS Tétradrachme AU/MS
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Estimate : 1 700 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 10 March 2020 14:14:03
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 420 AC.
Mint name / Town : Athènes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 17,23 g.
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire, idéalement centré au revers mais légèrement décentré au droit. Le portrait d’Athéna reste très beau. Superbe chouette, bien détaillée. La monnaie a conservé une partie de son brillant de frappe. Patine grise

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier, orné de trois feuilles d'olivier et d'une palmette avec collier et boucles d'oreilles.

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.

Commentary


Le visage présente encore une expression archaïque. L’œil est traité en amande, étiré et droit. La chevelure est tombante sur le cou et ramenée en arrière. Les feuilles d’olivier du casque sont normales. Au revers, la chouette est plus ramassée et les plumes descendent jusqu’aux serres de l’animal. Le carré creux est peu marqué.

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.

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