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LOT 2838
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Imitating Athens. Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; [A?]ΘΕ before, olive spray to left. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; Huth 40. 7.56gr, 19mm x 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Struck on square flan.
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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