EGYPT, Achaemenid Province. Artaxerxes III Okhos. As Pharaoh of Egypt, 343/2-338/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.07 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. VF.

Electronic Auction 525 – Session 1
Lot: 557. Estimated: $ 2 000

Greek, Silver

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EGYPT, Achaemenid Province. Artaxerxes III Okhos. As Pharaoh of Egypt, 343/2-338/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.07 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, “Artaxerxes Pharaoh” in two-line Demotic A script to right. Van Alfen Type I, 1–5 = Price, More 147–9; O. Mørkholm, “A Coin of Artaxerxes III” in NC 1974, pl. I, 7–8; cf. Meadows, Administration 329; Mildenberg, Münzwesen 124. Rough surfaces; two test cuts on either side, obv. punch. VF. Very rare.


Closing Date and Time: 19 October 2022 at 13:05:20 ET.

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