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CNG 90, Lot: 714. Estimate $500.
Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.63 g, 4h). Head of female(?) facing / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to left, Aramaic letters (ŠPMRN[?]) to right. Meshorer & Qedar 89 var. (letters). VF, small scratch on nose.


The letters on this issue should read ŠMRY, a short version of the ethnic for Samaria, ŠMRYN. The misspelling here is not unusual.