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SAMARIA, “Middle Levantine” Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7.5mm, 0.11 g). Bearded Janiform head / Pile of five Athenian tetradrachms (showing reverses). Cf. Meshorer & Qedar 142 (hemiobol); cf. Sofaer 186 (same). Find patina, areas of weak strike. Near VF. Unpublished denomination for type.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, 16 December 1998.
Regarding the reverse type of this fascinating series, Ronn Berrol, in "Coinage for Redeeming the Firstborn: an Ancient and Modern Jewish Ritual," The Celator (December 2002), pp. 14–22, postulates a connection with the pidyon haben ceremony, wherein a Jewish family would pay five shekels to redeem a first-born son, who was to be consecrated to the priesthood.
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