Biblical Coins
Lot 3931 SESSION 13 (9.30am Friday) Biblical Coins
Estimate $150
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SAMARIA, Satrap issue, (375-345 B.C.), silver obol, (0.54 grams), obv. female head (Arethusa?), facing, border of dots, rev. bearded male head to left, with crested Athenian helmet, to left in Aramaic, traces of SMRYN, (Meshorer & Qedar "Coinage of Samaria" (CS), CS 8 (30 known), and Samaria Hoard No.86 (CS), (this coin illustrated and described). Fine /good fine for issue and rare.
Ex Samaria Hoard (No.93) and Sotheby, Zurich Sale, October 27-8, 1993 (lot 985 part).
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SAMARIA, Satrap issue, (375-345 B.C.), silver obol, (0.54 grams), obv. female head (Arethusa?), facing, border ...
Estimate $150
Lot 3932
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Lot 3933
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