Fontanille Coins
Auction 79 9 November 2015
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Yehud obol struck ca. 340 B.C.E. (GBC 1059) 0.24 g.
Struck by a pair of fresh dies and perfectly preserved, this superb specimen shows minute details that are missing on the other examples (beard on the head of the Persian king on obverse*, each feather well visible on the neck of the falcon on reverse). Also note the perfect background with no flaws on both sides and the reverse die not (yet) affected by breaks**. The inscription is quasi complete but the half bottom of the letter yod is missing.
* I have listed 37 coins struck by this obverse die, and for the first time, I understand this head has a beard! (see by yourself on www.MenorahCoinProject.org, click 'YHD 15' and scroll down to O3)
** 80-90% of all the Yehud reverse dies are affected by breaks. This ratio remains the same on the Ptolemaic and pre-Ptolemaic periods.
Est. $1,000-1,300
Struck by a pair of fresh dies and perfectly preserved, this superb specimen shows minute details that are missing on the other examples (beard on the head of the Persian king on obverse*, each feather well visible on the neck of the falcon on reverse). Also note the perfect background with no flaws on both sides and the reverse die not (yet) affected by breaks**. The inscription is quasi complete but the half bottom of the letter yod is missing.
* I have listed 37 coins struck by this obverse die, and for the first time, I understand this head has a beard! (see by yourself on www.MenorahCoinProject.org, click 'YHD 15' and scroll down to O3)
** 80-90% of all the Yehud reverse dies are affected by breaks. This ratio remains the same on the Ptolemaic and pre-Ptolemaic periods.
Est. $1,000-1,300