CNG 97, Lot: 331. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Achaemenid Province (Yehud). Anonymous. Circa 375-332 BCE. AR Half Gerah – Hemiobol (6.5mm, 0.24 g, 9h). Bearded head right, wearing crown (Persian Great King?) / Falcon facing, head left, with wings spread; [ethnic to left]. Cf. Meshorer 16d-e; cf. Hendin 1059c-d; HGC 10, 445 var. (falcon head right). VF, find patina, die break on obverse. Rare.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.