CNG 99, Lot: 364. Estimate $500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.56 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, DB (in retrograde Aramaic) and AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Cf. Gitler & Tal XI.1D for similar drachm with Aramaic B, otherwise unpublished. VF, test cuts, areas of roughness, a few scratches in field on obverse, bankers’ marks on reverse. Very rare.