Very Rare Arabian Owl

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1348. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Southern. Qataban. Late 4th-3rd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.82 g, 8h). Imitating contemporary Athens tetradrachm. Head of Athena left, wearing helmet decorated with olive leaves and palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, monogram (or letter) and AΘE to right. Munro-Hay type 1.0.4, pl. XLVII, 3-11 var. (no monogram on reverse). VF, toned, light deposits. Very rare.