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Sale 51    3–5 Jul 1996   Dallas Brooks Hall   Melbourne

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Lot 2244      

Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au

PHOENICIA-SAMARIA, local Athenian imitations (c.375-346 B.C.), silver obol, (0.79 grams), probably struck at Gaza, obv. head of Athena to r., rev. owl standing to r., head facing, ro r. downwards part A Q E, (cf.S.2530, SNG ANS (Palestine) 18-19, Samaria Hoard No. 283 (this coin described and illustrated, (p.79, Pl.47). Very fine and scarce.

Ex. Sumaria Hoard (283) and Sotheby, Zurich Sale Oct. 27-8, 1993 (lot 998 part).

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