429, Lot: 204. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Askalon. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.80 g, 10h). 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. Fine, toned, some porosity and encrustation, test cut.

The reverse type is based on the famous dekadrachms of Athens.