Triton XVII, Lot: 399. Estimate $6000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 15.88 g, 10h). Imitating Athens Pi-style series. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a Pi-style palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind, Semitic Z and AΘE to right. Gitler & Tal XI.5T; HGC 10, 594; Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 110, 51. VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare.