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January 2013 NYINC Auction - Sess. A 8 January 2013
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ARABIA. AR Drachm (3.86 gms), North Arabian Mint, 4th Century B.C.
Huth-Qedar, NC 1999, pl.26, 1. Head of Athena right, wearing a round crest decorated with annulets. Reverse: Disjointed owl standing left facing, Aramaic characters to left. Types clearly imitative of Athens, the eyes, beak, head feathers, legs and tailfeathers of the owl are clear but disjoint, the olive sprig turned into a cross with two bars. Aramaic characters are different from coin cited by Huth & Qedar and possibly different from a much inferior specimen that hammered for 1300 CHF in a 2008 NAC auction.GOOD VERY FINE.
Estimate: $750
ARABIA. AR Drachm (3.86 gms), North Arabian Mint, 4th Century B.C.
Huth-Qedar, NC 1999, pl.26, 1. Head of Athena right, wearing a round crest decorated with annulets. Reverse: Disjointed owl standing left facing, Aramaic characters to left. Types clearly imitative of Athens, the eyes, beak, head feathers, legs and tailfeathers of the owl are clear but disjoint, the olive sprig turned into a cross with two bars. Aramaic characters are different from coin cited by Huth & Qedar and possibly different from a much inferior specimen that hammered for 1300 CHF in a 2008 NAC auction.GOOD VERY FINE.
Estimate: $750