CNG 93, Lot: 586. Estimate $1000. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (11mm, 2.80 g, 8h). Bearded head left / Paradise flower/Phoenician palmette, two birds confronted within volutes; below, dolphin right and Aramaic yod; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.3Da (same dies); Fischer-Bossert, Notes 39 (Ashdod); cf. HGC 10, 604. Good VF, lightly toned, porous. Rare.