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LOT 2694
Edom (Idumaea) or Arabia, Lihyan AR Drachm. Circa 350-250 BC.
Stylised helmetted head of Athena to right; O to upper right (= 'ayin?) / Incuse owl standing to right, head facing; to left, head of ram downward; Aramaic m'rb or m'db to right; all within incuse square. Huth 35 = NAC 46, lot 295; CNG 193, lot 124. Near Very Fine. Heavily scratched. Extremely rare.(4.03gr, 13mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXVII Online Sessions, 17 January 2024, lot 5325.
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