CNG 96, Lot: 575. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. Fourrée Drachm (12mm, 2.47 g, 2h). 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. For prototype, cf. Gitler & Tal XVII.3D; cf. Fischer-Bossert, Notes 39 (Ashdod); cf. HGC 10, 604. VF, lightly toned, some porosity. Very rare fourrée.