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Estimate $300
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SAMARIA, Satrap issue, (375-345 B.C.), silver obol, (0.58 grams), obv. head of Athena to left, wearing crested helmet, rev. lion attacking stag to right, above and around in Aramaic, traces of SMRYN, (Meshorer & Qedar 'Coinage of Samaria' (CS), CS 5 (29 known), and Samaria Hoard No.53 (CS), (this coin illustrated and described). Very fine for issue and very rare.
Ex. Samaria Hoard (No.53) and Sotheby, Zurich Sale, October 27-8, 1993 (lot 985 part).
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