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CNG 94, Lot: 767. Estimate $300.
Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Circa 400/390-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (20mm, 16.89 g, 8h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with “profile eye” / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent (in form of Aramaic shin[?]). Unpublished, but cf. Gitler & Tal XI.5T for similar style, but regular crescent and different Aramaic letter in field on reverse. Fine, toned, some porosity. Very rare.