455, Lot: 191. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. 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 (23mm, 17.08 g, 2h). 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. Toned, compact flan, slightly off center. VF.