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SAMARIA, Samarian-signed Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.86 g, 5h). Head right, wearing Persian tiara / Forepart of horse galloping right; ŠMRYN (in Aramaic) to left. Meshorer & Qedar 75 = CS 1 (this coin referenced and illustrated in both); Sofaer 46; Athena Fund II 960 = Samaria Hoard 1 (this coin). Lightly toned, struck from worn dies. VF. Very rare.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Athena Fund (Part II, Sotheby's Zurich, 27 October 1993), lot 960; Samaria, before 1990 Hoard (CH 8.587 = CH 9.413).
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