Triton XVI, Lot: 575. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Askalon. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.72 g, 3h). Head of female right / Owl standing facing, wings spread; AN (in Aramaic) to upper left, lotus-like devices around; all within incuse square. Gitler & Tal III.4Oa = L. Mildenberg, “Once Again, Petra on the Frankincense Road?” in ARAM 8 (1996), 14 (same dies); HGC 10, 503. VF, dark find patina. Extremely rare, apparently the third known.