CNG 111, Lot: 405. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Mazakes – Bleitor. Satraps of Mesopotamia, circa 331-316 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 17.20 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, AIΓ to right. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.E.2, fig. 24; BMC Attica 271; MIG Type 13 c. VF, toned, area of flat strike, deposits.