Session 11 (9.30am Friday)
Lot 1998 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Session 11 (9.30am Friday)
Estimate $280
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $250
SAMARIA, Satrap issue, (375-345 B.C.), silver hemi obol, (0.325 grams), obv. female head (Arethusa?), facing, border of dots, rev. bearded male head to left, with crested Athenian helmet, to left in Aramaic retrograde SMRYN, (Meshorer & Qedar 'Coinage of Samaria' [CS], CS 9 [43 known], and Samaria Hoard No.120 [CS], [this coin illustrated and described]). Very fine for issue and rare.
Ex Samaria Hoard (No.120) and Sotheby, Zurich Sale, October 27-8, 1993 (lot 985 part).
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