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Athenian Tetradrachm
Athens mint · c. 440 BC
The owl that paid for the Parthenon, the fleet and the war that lost both. Twenty-four centuries of pockets have softened the crest but not the stare.
- Maker
- Athens mint
- Period
- c. 440 BC
- Origin
- Athens, Greece
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 24 MM, 17.2 G
Provenance
European trade, with old collection ticket in French
Part of Small Change of Empires
Notes
TM
Tobias Mercer
10 JUNE 2026
The owl has seen things.
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