CNG 90, Lot: 759. Estimate $750. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Achaemenid Province. Artaxerxes III Okhos. As Pharaoh of Egypt, 343/2-338/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 17.07 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, "Artaxerxes king" in demotic script to right. Van Alfen Type I (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen (Ptolemies) 2. VF, flat strike on obverse, test cut on reverse. Very rare, only 17 coins of this series noted by Van Alfen.