Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 372. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (3.94 g, 8h). Bearded male head right, wearing crested helmet decorated with laurel wreath / Janiform head. Gitler & Tal -; Mildenberg, Gaza -; SNG ANS -. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, test cut on reverse. Apparently unpublished.

Both the obverse and reverse type have parallels on various issues at all mints in Philistia, but this exact type is apparently unknown.