433, Lot: 137. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 16.79 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Cf. Van Alfen,
Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 2 = Buttrey Type M; cf. Van Alfen pl. 12, 8. Good VF, toned, some roughness, traces of find patina, cleaning marks.