拍品描述： NGC Choice XF* | Pharaonic Egypt, Nectanebo II (359-340 BC), The Kings Good Gold, AV Stater, horse prancing to right, rev. two hieroglyphic signs, a pectoral necklace with six pendant beads (nebew=gold) crossing over a heart and windpipe (nepher=good), 8.36g [129.0grns], 2h (Faucher, Fischer-Bossert & Dhennin [2012] dies D1/R2 [and 6e this coin (?)]; SNG Copenhagen 1; SNG Berry 1459; Svoronos 9, var.) struck under the last native Pharaoh of Egypt, Nectanebo II, this is the only known gold coin to have employed hieroglyphs, beautifully-centred, with only scant die softening to highest profiles, sporadic contact marks in otherwise residually lustrous fields still fresh from original mint die adjusmtents, a really pleasingly good very, and probably better for issue, OF THE HIGHEST RARITY AND GREATEST NUMISMATIC IMPORTANCE - the twilight of Ancient Egypt - and one of only 48 examples officially documented, with fewer than 20 known from this die pairing, and fewer still available to commerce; this the first fresh example to be offered by these rooms since 1988, in NGC Ancients holder, graded Choice Extremely Fine STAR (Cert. #6769441-001)