452, Lot: 480. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.89 g, 8h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B. Toned. VF.

From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Pegasi, 18 September 2008.