Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 759. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA. Circa 375-333 BCE. AR Hemiobol (0.20 gm). Galley to left; Aramaic 'SMRYN' (Samaria) above / Persian king in kneeling-running stance, holding bow and transverse sceptre. Meshorer & Qedar 97 corr. (reverse mis-described). Good VF. ($600)

The obverse design is derived from the silver coins of Sidon, while the reverse is from the standard Persian siglos.