Egypt under Achaemenid occupation AR Tetradrachm. Sabakes, satrap of Memphis, circa 335-333 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing round earring with central boss and crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind, crescent over thunderbolt and 'SWIK' in Aramaic script before. Nicolet-Pierre, Essays Thompson, 1 (D1/R1); Price, 'More from Memphis' in Essays to Carson and Jenkins 1989, 157 (same obverse die). 17.09g, 25mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.