389, Lot: 368. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Askalon. 98/7-54/3 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.28 g, 1h). Dated CY 41 (64/3 BC). Diademed male head right / [AΣKAΛ]ΩNITΩN IEPAΣ AΣ[KΛOYAYTO], eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; palm frond in background; to left, L MA (date) above dove standing left, monogram between legs. Gitler & Master 69–74 (O32/R56); Rosenberger 19; Sofaer 32 (same dies); SNG ANS 652 (same obv. die); HGC 10, 512; DCA 80. VF, toned, minor roughness.