Lot 3930
Sale 89 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes, The W.G. & L.M. Wright Collection
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Description
Samaria, Satrap issue, (375-345 B.C.), silver obol, (0.525 grams), obv. female head (Arethusa?), facing, border of dots, rev. bearded male head to left, with crested Athenian helmet, to left in Aramaic, traces of SMRYN, (Meshorer & Qedar "Coinage of Samaria" (CS), CS 8 (30 known), and Samaria Hoard No.93 (CS), (this coin illustrated and described). Good fine for issue and rare.
Ex Samaria Hoard (No.93) and Sotheby, Zurich Sale, October 27-8, 1993 (lot 988 part) and Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 51 (lot 2242). Lot also includes a photocopy of much of the book Meshorer & Qedar "The Coinage of Samaria" and other pages from David Hendin "Guide to Biblical Coins"
- Estimate
- $150
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $100