Nomos AG
Auction 18 5 May 2019
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PHILISTIA (PALESTINE). Gaza. Mid 5th century - 333 BC. Drachm (Silver, 15 mm, 3.77 g, 12 h). Bearded male head to right, his hair held in a bunch at the back. Rev. 'Ayin Zayin Hé (in Aramaic) Owl (with a single eye) standing to right; behind in upper left, olive sprig; all within dotted border in an incuse square. Gitler & Tal V, 1D. Shoshana I 20018. Sofaer 3. Extremely rare, probably the finest of the seven known examples. Usual porosity, otherwise, about extremely fine.
Ex Triton XVII, 7 January 2014, 398.