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  • Attica. Athens. Steel Tetradrachm Die Set.
  • Date unknown, copy after c. 465-455 BC. 33 mm, 140 g (Obverse) / 115 g (Reverse).

  • Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll.
  • Reverse: AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with berry and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square.
  • Reference: HGC 4, 1596, Starr Group V.

This  die set was purchased from the estate of a jeweler and is believed to be a contemporary copy of a Starr Group V.B Athens Tetradrachm.