Triton XVIII, Lot: 761. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Northwestern. Lihyan. 2nd–1st centuries BC. BI ‘Tetradrachm’ (20mm, 13.11 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Schematic head right, two upward crescents on cheek / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to left, [A]ΘE to right. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, c (this coin); cf. Huth 40; cf. Triton XVII, lot 402. Good VF, darkly toned, typical irregular flan. Rare.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex ‘Amadaeus’ Collection (Giessener Münzhandlung 100, 20 November 1999), lot 211.