CNG 87, Lot: 672. Estimate $750. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.54 g, 12h). Laureate and bearded head right / Eagle standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XIV.29O (same dies as illustration); HGC 10, -. VF, find patina. Extremely rare.

As noted by Gitler & Tal, the reverse of this issue is imitating the reverse type of the famous Athenian dekadrachms.