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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 625. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. 
Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA. Circa 375-333 BCE. AR Obol (0.73 gm, 1h). Ba'al standing left, holding eagle and sceptre / Crude helmeted head of Athena right; all in incuse punch. Meshorer & Qedar 118. Good VF, dark toning, struck from worn obverse die. ($300)

The standing Ba'al type is adopted from the staters of Tiribazos struck at Mallos and Issos in Cilicia (cf. SNG Levante 148). The obverse and reverse are inverted from their order in M&Q.