SAMARIA, Samarian-signed Series. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.75 g, 1h). Persian, wearing tiara, seated right, holding bird / Persian king, standing right, holding dagger and bull by its horn; retrograde ŠMRY (in Aramaic) to left; all within dotted square border. Meshorer &amp; Qedar 98 corr. (legend); Sofaer 37 corr. (same). Find patina. Near VF.
<p>From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Sternberg XXIV (19 November 1990), lot 140.
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Although both M&amp;Q and Sofaer note the legend as a retrograde ŠMR, the tiny Y is visible just above the heel of the knife in the illustration of the photographs in both references, as it appears here.
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