68, Lot: 118. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Gaza. Circa 420-332 BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.58 gm). Imitating Athens. Head of Persian satrap right, wearing bashlyk with high peak and earflaps /
AQEOwl standing right, olive branch over shoulder. Cf.
Vestigia Leonis pl.XXVI, 11. VF, dark toning, a very weak strike but rare nonetheless.
The Gazan Athenian style drachms and fractions usually bear a very crude head on the obverse, making it difficult to determine if it is the head of Athena, or another portrait was intended. This piece is unusual in having a very clear head of a satrap, despite being weakly struck.