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Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 526. Estimate $1000. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007. 
Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Azotos (Ashdod). Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (3.29 g, 10h). Bearded male head left, wearing oriental headdress / Paradise flower/Phoenician palmette; within the volutes, two birds vis-à-vis; below, dolphin right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.3D; SNG ANS -; A. Kindler, “Four Silver Drachms and One Obol of the City of Ashdod,” Anotazioni Numismatiche 19, pl. A, 3. VF, dark find patina, test cut on reverse. Extremely rare, only five recorded by Gitler & Tal.