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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 811. Estimate $200. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007. 
Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (0.92 g, 1h). Horse standing right, preparing to roll / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent behind, uncertain marks to right. Unpublished. Near VF, find patina, some roughness.


The obverse type was taken from the drachms of Larissa, while the reverse copies the ubiquitous Athenian type.