Athenian silver tetradrachm, 5th century B.C., with the head of Athena on the obverse, and her sacred owl, an oliv sprig, and the legend (ΑΘΕ), on the reverse.
Silver and bronze coins of Athens, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Top row, from left to right: N 24585, N 12377, N 28826, N 14317. Bottom row, from left to right: N 38389, N 986, N 67279, N 2049, N 38410.
Silver and bronze coins of Athens, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Top row, from left to right: N 24585, N 12377, N 28826, N 14317. Bottom row, from left to right: N 38389, N 986, N 67279, N 2049, N 38410.
Obverse: Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet ornamented with palmette and olive leaves.
Reverse: ΑΘΕ
Owl standing r., facing; behind, olive spray and crescent.
Seltman, p. 192, pl. XXII:ν Seltman, nos. 328-346 (Group L) Sv. 6.1-17 Cistern Sv. pls. 11-17.24 GRC, fig. 9 Well Seltman, pl. XIII Seltman, p. 192 Sv. 2.54-58, 7.58-60 P. Bicknell, The Dates of the Archaic Owls of Athens Belonging to Seltman's Groups H and L, L' antiquité classique 38, 1969, pp. 175-180 Kroll, 1981b, pp. 25-30 Agora 12, p. 22 Fill T.L. Shear, Jr., The Athenian Agora: Excavations of 1972, Hesperia 42, 1973 [pp. 359-407], pp. 364-367