CNG 90, Lot: 760. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Achaemenid Province. Sabakes. Satrap, 340-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 16.83 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig, crescent, and Aramaic(?) inscription to left, "Sabakes symbol" and Aramaic SWYK to right. Van Alfen Type III, 28 (O11/R22); Nicolet-Pierre, Monnaies 22 (O11/R22); SNG Copenhagen (Ptolemies) 4 (same obv. die). VF, dark toning, bankers’ marks on obverse and reverse, two countermarks on reverse, a few scratches under tone. Very rare.