Fontanille Coins
Auction 80 7 December 2015
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Yehud obol struck ca. 370 B.C.E. (GBC 1051) 0.37 g.
An exceptional example for this rare Yehud coin type struck with a single pair of dies. The head of Athena is excellent on the obverse, and on the reverse - entirely retrograde - the owl is well detailed. The inscription is also well visible even if the very bottom of each letter is missing. This coin is definitely one of the 5-6 finest known for the type (to compare to the 36 examples listed to date, click here). Note the interesting die break on reverse above the letter Dalet (at 7:30): it will constantly grow during the strike and will cause its premature abortion (there was no other reverse die to replace it). In other words, if this reverse die did not break, it is probable this coin type would have been as common as GBC 1050.
Est. 1,000-1,200
An exceptional example for this rare Yehud coin type struck with a single pair of dies. The head of Athena is excellent on the obverse, and on the reverse - entirely retrograde - the owl is well detailed. The inscription is also well visible even if the very bottom of each letter is missing. This coin is definitely one of the 5-6 finest known for the type (to compare to the 36 examples listed to date, click here). Note the interesting die break on reverse above the letter Dalet (at 7:30): it will constantly grow during the strike and will cause its premature abortion (there was no other reverse die to replace it). In other words, if this reverse die did not break, it is probable this coin type would have been as common as GBC 1050.
Est. 1,000-1,200