400, Lot: 348. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Mazakes – Bleitor. Satraps of Mesopotamia, circa 331-316 BC. AR Tetradrachm (20.5mm, 1682 g, 10h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, AIΓ to right; all within incuse circle. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.E.2, fig. 24; BMC Attica 271; MIG Type 13 c; CNG 105, lot 445. Fine, toned, off center, some roughness. Very rare.