Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 617. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
2005. Estimate $300  

SAMARIA. Jeroboam. Circa 375-333 BCE. AR Obol 
(0.58 gm, 11h). Female head right / "YRB'M", two 
standing male figures, the left a youth holding 
branch, the right older, bearded and draped, 
holding uncertain object (pomegranate?). Meshorer 
& Qedar 44. VF, dark toning, struck from worn 
obverse die. ($300)

Meshorer has suggested that Jeroboam might be the 
Samarian name of Manassas, a Jerusalemite who 
married Nikaso, and became the Samarian High Priest. 
Although a very tentative theory, if correct it is possible 
that the female head is Nikaso and the two male figures 
Sanballat and Jeroboam.

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High bid of $300, $345 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €243, £165, C$375, A$390, on June 8, 2005.

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