CNG 99, Lot: 377. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Southern. Qataban. Unknown ruler(s). Circa 350-320/00 BC. AR Tetradrachm (20mm, 16.59 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; to left, olive spray and crescent above uncertain monogram in circle; AΘ[E] to right. Unpublished. VF, toned, a couple tiny flan flaws on obverse, indications of undertype on reverse. Unique with this monogram.

This is the first known Qatabanian tetradrachm with a monogram on the reverse that is not the Royal Qatabanian monogram (see next lot).