Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 643. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA. Persian period. 375-333 BCE. AR Drachm (3.99 gm). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right; Hebrew "Y" (retrograde) in right field. Cf. Meshorer 2-12; Mildenberg, Yehud -; Hendin 436. VF, reverse a bit rough. Overstruck at least once, by an Athenian imitation without letter in field. Rare. ($500)

See Meshorer p. 19, n. 65 for the possible dating of the Athenian-influenced types to the period immediately following the Macedonian conquest.