CNG 97, Lot: 324. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA, “Middle Levantine” Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (9.3mm, 0.60 g). Bearded triple head / Five discs, one in the center with the others arrayed in cruciform around, each with owl standing right, head facing. Meshorer & Qedar 141; Sofaer 185; HGC 6, 418. Near VF, toned, typical crude strike, struck with worn obverse die. Very rare.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex David Hendin Collection.

It is thought that the reverse of this type depicts the reverse of five Athenian coins or shields.