Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 623. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 460-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.90 g, 9h). Eastern imitation. Helmeted head of Athena right; c/m: Phoenician Z(?) in incuse square / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; all within incuse square. P.G. van Alfen, "The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt," AJN 14 (2002), pl. 12, 3, and 6 for c/m. Good VF, test cut on reverse.