PHILISTIA, AR QUARTER SHEKEL
Gitler - Tal XVII. 3D, Hendin 6017, About Very Fine, obverse corrosion, 10mm, 3.07 grams, Struck Circa. 5th - 4th Century B.C.E.
Obverse: Bearded male head to left, wearing oriental headdress
Reverse: Paradise flower or Phoenician palmette, two birds within the volutes, dolphin underneath
A rarer large denomination coin of Philistia. The reverse is very nice. The obverse has detail but suffers from corrosion probably from where it was laying for millennia. Hence it is quite affordable!
Ex: NAC Auction 59, April 3, 2011, Lot #1275
