Achaemenid Province. Artaxerxes III Okhos. As Pharaoh of Egypt. Tetradrachm; Achaemenid Province. Artaxerxes III Okhos. As Pharaoh of Egypt; ca. 343/2-338/7 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.16g. Imitating the types of Athens. Struck as Pharaoh of Egypt from uncertain mint. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing earring and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl. Rx: Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, "Artaxerxes Pharaoh" in two-line Demotic B script to right. Ex Numismatic Art and Ancient Coins, 6 June 1980, lot 49.This coin is very rare, and in wonderful condition. These coins are typically test cut, because the soldiers or local Egyptians that were paid with them did not trust them to be full silver. Because of the demotic script Jenkins wrote that this issue was mainly used in Egypt by Egyptians. Toned EF