Triton XVII, Lot: 398. Estimate $10000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Gaza. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.77 g, 12h). Head of bearded male right / Owl standing right; olive spray to left, AZH in Aramaic to right; all in dotted square border within incuse square. Gitler & Tal V.1D; Shoshana I 20018; Sofaer 3; HGC 10, 543; Mildenberg,
Gaza, pl. 5, 33. EF, toned, a little porosity on reverse. Exceptional for issue, better than the Shoshana example that realized $22,000. Extremely rare, the finest of seven known.