ARABIA. Qataban. Imitating Athens. Ca. 4th-3rd centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (22mm, 16.91 gm, 9h). NGC XF S 5/5 - 5/5. Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing Attic attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll in the form of a lily, earring decorated with coiled serpent motif, eye in true profile / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind, all within incuse square. HGC 10, 706. Munro-Hay 1.0.4. Huth 326. P. van Alfen, "The 'owls' from the 1989 Syria hoard," AJN 14 (2002), 92-97.

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