Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 334
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EGYPT, Achaemenid Province. Artaxerxes III Okhos. As Pharaoh of Egypt, 343/2-338/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21.5mm, 16.61 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Head of Athena right, with profile eye, wearing earring and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; to left, olive spray and crescent above ZHK (in Aramaic); to right, two-line script of uncertain type. Van Alfen Type IVa, 10 var. (unlisted dies); Price, More 154; L. Anderson & van Alfen 43 (same dies); CNG E-466, lot 232 (same rev. die). Lightly toned, trace deposits, bankers' marks, test cut on reverse. VF. Very rare, and comparable to the CNG E-466, lot 232 coin that hammered at $6500. From the Don T. Hayes Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins.
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