410, Lot: 120. Estimate $300. Sold for $255. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA, “Middle Levantine” Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.60 g, 3h). Persian satrap seated right, inspecting arrow held in both hands; BT (in Aramaic) above, bow to right / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, sacrificing bull he holds up by its horn with his left hand; BA-ΓBAT-[AC] around, Θ in center. Meshorer & Qedar 4; Sofaer 96–7; HGC 10, 398. VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex New York Sale III (7 December 2000), lot 191.