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455-440 BC Athens Silver Tetradrachm Showing The Goddess Athena And Her Owl NGC Ch AU

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NGC - Coin of the Day: For Throwback Thursday, here's an Athens silver tetradrachm showing the goddess Athena and her owl. Bidding for it is already over $1,000 in a Heritage Auctions Coins sale this month: https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/g...3132-32021.s

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The details on that coin are almost unbelievable for how old it is . Absolutely amazing.
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Yes 5/5 on both surface and strike. Too bad the crest on Athena's helmet is largely missing, because the reverse is superb.
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That's an amazing example. I have three of them. Here's my best one with full crest but some design missing on reverse. I like the square reverse die creating a partial or full incuse.

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