CNG 90, Lot: 712. Estimate $400. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.69 g, 8h). Horned head of creature facing within dotted square border / Winged sphinx recumbent right; Aramaic D above; all within dotted square border. Meshorer & Qedar 31. VF, toned, surfaces a little rough. Rare.

Meshorer & Qedar have the types in the opposite order from here, but from the characteristics of the strike, it is obvious that the sphinx is on the die used for the punch.