CNG 97, Lot: 404. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 2.93 g, 3h). 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.3D; Fischer-Bossert, Notes 39 (Ashdod); cf. HGC 10, 604. VF, darkly toned, usual porosity.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.