Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 966. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Persian Period. Jerusalem. Circa 375-333 BCE. AR Obol (0.70 g, 6h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig behind, lily to right; all within incuse square. Meshorer -; Hendin -; SNG ANS 27; Spaer, “Gaza or Yehud,” SM 198 (June 2000), p. 21; Leu 91 (10 May 2004), lot 225; Münzen und Medaillen FPL 602 (Nov./Dec. 1996), no. 95 (all from the same dies). VF, minor roughness. Extremely rare, the fifth known.

In addition to the five obols of this type, two drachms are known: Leu 50 (25 April 1991), lot 217 and Svoronos, Monnaies, pl. 109, 36.