Description
Asia. Ionia. Lebedos. Tetradrachm ca. 140-135 BC. Silver 16.08 g.; 32 mm.
Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing laureate and triple-crested Attic helmet and earrings //
Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, with closed wings, perched on club between two filleted cornucopias; all within olive wreath. Reverse caption: ΛΕΒΕΔΙΩΝ / KΩPA - BOΣ
SNG-von Aulock: 2027.
Attractive light grey tones. Struck under Korabos' magistracy. Very rare magistrate. Edge marks.
NGC graded Ch XF Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5 Fine Style
Provenance Details
Ex Ceresio 26 September 1987, 126;
Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 48, 1990, 414 and Hirsch Nachf. 275, 2011, 3800 sales.
From The Collection of Greek coins of a Man in Love with Art. From the von Aulock collection; SNG von Aulock 2027 (this coin). Amandry, Kraay-Mørkholm, Lebedos, V.27 (this coin).
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