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Imitating Athens
E-Auction 50 Lot 59

ARABIA. Southern. Saba' 4th-3rd centuries B.C. AR unit. 5.18 gm. 14 mm. Imitating Athens. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette; 'n' in South Arabian (mark of value) on cheek / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, AΘE to right. Huth 160-169. Good Very Fine; fine style; attractively toned on fresh surfaces of good quality silver.

In ancient times, the Athenian tetradrachm was widely accepted as a trade coin around the Mediterranean and frontier regions to the East, due to its high mintages and the reliable fineness of its silver. Its recurring motif of the head of Athena and the owl were widely imitated by various local authorities. In the 5th and 4th centuries BC, these included Persia, Bactria, Phoenicia, Judaea, Samaria, Egypt, and Arabia, peaking in the 4th century B.C. when official production of owls declined after the Peloponnesian War ended in 404 BC. The arrival of Alexander the Great and the spread of his tetradrachms replaced the owls, with the exception of South Arabia, where the obverse evolved from the female form of Athena to the male.

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