CNG 84, Lot: 712. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.70 g, 8h). Bearded triple head / Five discs, one in the center with the others arrayed in cruciform around, each with owl standing right, head facing. Meshorer & Qedar 141. Crude VF, toned.

It is thought that the reverse depicts the reverse of five Athenian coins or shields.