SAMARIA, "Middle Levantine" Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.58 g, 8h). Persian king seated right, holding flower, which he smells, in right hand and scepter in left / Male figure standing right, holding flower, which he smells, in right hand and scepter in left; BDYḤBL (in Aramaic) to left. Meshorer & Qedar 13; Sofaer 89–90; Hendin 6033; Hendin (5th ed.) 1027 (this coin illustrated). Toned, compact flan. VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Sternberg XXIV (19 November 1990), lot 150.