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Details
LOT 3215
Edom (Idumaea) AR Quarter Shekel-Drachm. 4th century BC. Imitating Athens.
Helmeted head of Athena to right, degraded to blank dome-like surface / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left. GTvA 12-20; HGC 10, 617. Good Fine. Surfaces corroded.(2.19gr, 12mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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