CNG 90, Lot: 751. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Northwestern. Lihyan. 2nd–1st centuries BC. Æ ‘Drachm’ (15mm, 2.29 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Schematic head right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to right. Cf. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, b-c (tetradrachms); cf. Huth 40 (tetradrachm); BMC Arabia pl. LV, 2-9. Good VF, desert patina. Very rare fraction.