Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 623. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
2005. SAMARIA. Circa 375-333 BCE. AR Hemiobol 
(0.24 gm, 3h). BID Estimate $300  

SAMARIA. Circa 375-333 BCE. AR Hemiobol (0.24 gm, 
3h). Mare standing right, suckling foal / Persian 
king slaying lion; Aramaic "S" (Samaria) between; 
all in incuse punch. Meshorer & Qedar 106. Good 
VF, toned. ($300)

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), 
lot 760.

Although M&Q describe the type as a horse and 
gazelle, it seems more likely to depict a mare 
nursing her young foal. Such a scene appears often 
enough in ancient art, and turns up as a coin type 
on a bronze of Euagoras II of Cyprus (368-361 BC) 
-- SNG Copenhagen 55. The obverse and reverse are 
inverted from their order in M&Q.

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High bid of $700, $805 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €567, £385, C$875, A$910, on June 8, 2005.

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