CNG 93, Lot: 550. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. 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, 0.15 g). Head facing (off flan or deteriorated) / Forepart of winged and horned lynx right. Gitler & Lorber I pp. 78; Meshorer 25a; Hendin 1068; HGC 10, –. VF, toned, porous.

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).