CNG 93, Lot: 548. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Persian or Macedonian Period. Hezekiah. Circa 350-332 or 332-302/1 BCE. AR Half Gerah or Hemiobol (7mm, 0.23 g). Youthful male head (off flan and/or deteriorated) / Forepart of winged and horned lynx left. Gitler & Lorber I pp. 77–8; cf. Meshorer 24–5; cf. Hendin 1065–6; cf. HGC 10, 451–2. VF, lightly toned, obverse off center, edge chip.

It was common for obverse dies in this series to have been used after they were completely deteriorated (see J.-P. Fontanille, “Extreme Deterioration and Damage on Yehud Coin Dies,” INR 3 [2008], pp. 45–50).