SAMARIA, “Middle or Southern Levantine” Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (8.5mm, 0.48 g, 12h). Near VF.Electronic Auction 537 Greek, 12h, Silver Sold For $ 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SAMARIA, “Middle or Southern Levantine” Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (8.5mm, 0.48 g, 12h). Laureate and bearded head (of Ba’al?) right / Persian king, standing right, battling lion, standing left on its hind legs; A (in Phoenician) between; all within incuse square. Cf. Meshorer & Qedar 203 (for similar types); cf. Sofaer 134 (same); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Weakly struck, light porosity. Near VF. |