450, Lot: 239. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.14 g, 3h). Bearded head left / Paradise flower/Phoenician palmette, two birds confronted within volutes; below, dolphin right and Aramaic yod; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.3D; Fischer-Bossert, Notes 39 (Ashdod); cf. HGC 10, 604; CNG 111, lot 389 (same dies, hammer $1600). Toned, test cut. VF.