SAMARIA, “Middle Levantine” Series(?). Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (9.5mm, 0.65 g, 10h). Good VF.

Electronic Auction 572
Lot: 412.
Closing Date: Oct 9 2024 10:00 ET

Greek, Silver

Estimate: $ 150

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SAMARIA, “Middle Levantine” Series(?). Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (9.5mm, 0.65 g, 10h). Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club overhead in right hand, bow extended before him in left hand / Lion standing left, head facing; star(?) above. CNG E-201, lot 113; VAuctions 274, lot 25; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Dark find patina. Good VF. Very rare.

The previous two offerings of this type attributed the coin to possibly Myriandros in Cilicia, based on a lose similarity of the reverse type to SNG Levante 189–90. However, the obverse is clearly an imitation of the canonical type found on the coins of Kition on Cyprus. The hybrid nature of the types here, on an obol, is typical of many issues struck in Samaria, which is a more likely origin for the present issue.

Closing Date and Time: 9 October 2024 at 12:17:00 ET.

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