333, Lot: 130. Estimate $200. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Askalon. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.82 g, 6h). Archaic female head right / Owl standing facing, wings displayed; Udjat eye to upper right; all within incuse square. Gitler & Tal III.4D; HGC 10, 495. Fair/Fine, toned, porous.

The reverse is based on the famous dekadrachms of Athens.