| SINCONA AG > Auction 89 | Auction date: 13 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: THE GARRULUS COLLECTION. ATTICA. Athens. Tetradrachm c. 475-465 BC. (17.17 g, 4 h) Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace with pendants, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl. Rv. Owl standing right, head facing, spread tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left, AQE to right; all within incuse square. 17.17 g. Starr, Athenian Coinage 480-449, (Oxford 1970), 135/136. Starr, New Specimens of Athenian Coinage, 480-449 BC, NC 142, 1982, Taf. 36, 15. Svoronos-Pick Taf. 9, 7. Prachtexemplar / Cabinet piece. Gutes vorzüglich / Good extremely fine. (~€ 3'125/USD 3'410) Athens was the major urban centre of the polis of the same name, located in Attica. In the Peloponnesian War Athens was leading the Delian League against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Isagoras. This system remained remarkably stable, and with a few brief interruptions remained in place for 180 years, until 322 BC. In this period the city a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, birthplace of Socrates, Plato, Pericles, Aristophanes, Sophocles, and many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians of the ancient world. The silver mines of Laurion contributed significantly to the development of Athens in the 5th century BC, when the Athenians learned to prospect, treat, and refine the ore and used the proceeds to build a massive fleet, at the instigation of Themistocles. From auction Leu 72, Zurich, May 1998, lot 208. • Dieses Los unterliegt bei Auslieferung in der Schweiz der Margenbesteuerung gemäss MWSTG 24a (23% Aufgeld inkl. gesetzlicher Mehrwertsteuer) • When delivered in Switzerland, this lot is subject to the margin taxation scheme in accordance with article 24a of the Federal Act on Value Added Tax (23% buyer's premium incl. statutory VAT). Starting price: 3000 CHF |  |
