427, Lot: 322. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. 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 (24mm, 15.41 g, 7h). 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. Van Alfen,
Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B. VF, lightly toned, banker’s mark and some die wear on obverse, graffiti on reverse.