Collection: Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Context: Athens
Material: Silver
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Actual Weight: 17.169
Die Axis: 300 degrees
Date: ca. 450 BC - ca. 440 BC
Region: Attica
Period: Classical

Obverse Type: Owl standing profile to the right; in left field, olive sprig and crescent.

Date Description:

Close to Starr's group 5 (see Starr 1970). Perhaps ca. 450-440 BC.