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SAMARIA, Satrap issue, (375-345 B.C.), silver hemiobol, (0.385 grams), obv. female head (Arethusa?), facing, border of dots, rev. bearded male head to left, with crested Athenian helmet, to left in Aramaic retrograde SMRYN, (Meshorer & Qedar 'Coinage of Samaria' (CS), CS 9 (43 known), and Samaria Hoard No.119 (CS), (this coin illustrated and described). Good fine for issue and very scarce.
Ex. Samaria Hoard (No.119) and Sotheby, Zurich Sale, October 27-8, 1993 (lot 985 part).
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