Egyptian nefer in Countermark

436, Lot: 194. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ATTICA, Athens. Circa 400/390-353 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.02 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye; two countermarks: nefer (= “good”) within incuse square, and two ringed pellets divided by line within rectangular incuse / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 15a-b; Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 19, 19; HGC 4, 1598. VF, struck with worn obverse die, two test punches on obverse.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman, purchased from Frank Kovacs, 2004.