Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm – Owl (New Style Coinage)
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Ancient Greek – Silver Tetradrachm of Attica, Athens
Owl standing right, head facing. Behind, olive spray and crescent moon, ΑΘΕ Before
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Ancient Greek – Silver Tetradrachm of Attica, Athens
New Style Coinage
Obv: Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing necklace, pendant earring, and triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with the protomes of four horses above the visor, Pegasos in flight rightward above the raised earpiece, and a curvilinear ornament on the bowl.
Rev: Owl standing to right, head facing, on amphora; A-ΘE across upper fields, monograms flanking, filleted thyrsos in right field; EY below amphora; all within wreath.
176 – 175 BC. · Attica, Athens · Thompson 177e
16.2g · 34mm
New Style Athenian tetradrachms were struck in Athens from about 165–42 BC, replacing the long-running “Old Style” owl coinage that had circulated across the Greek world for centuries. The new design adopted the more detailed Hellenistic style and added magistrates’ names and symbols, reflecting a modernized coinage system used during Athens’ later period under growing Roman influence.
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