Athens, eastern-contemporary imitation of a Tetradrachm, 5th - 4th century BC
AR (g 17,18; mm 23; h 10)
Head of Athena r., wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and spiral palmette on bowl, Rv. AΘE (with traces of Aramaic characters ?), owl, with closed wings, standing r. with head facing; on l., crescent and olive twig with two leaves and one berry; all within incuse square. Cfr. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31.
Lightly toned, extremely fine.