| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 346 Price realized: 8,500 USD (Approx. 7,785 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Achaemenid Province (Yehud). Anonymous. Circa 375-332 BCE. AR Half Gerah (7mm, 0.38 g, 5h). Lily / Falcon flying upward, wings spread; YHD (in Phoenician) to right. GLF Type 14, dies O1/R2; Meshorer 15; Hendin 1060; HGC 10, 442 corr. (Hendin reference). Lightly toned. EF. Exceptional detail. Symbolically and historically, the Lily/Flacon Half Gera are one of the most important coin types struck in ancient Judaea. Among the earliest Jewish coins, it would later serve as the model for the modern Israeli shekel. The obverse depicts the lily, known as shoshan in Hebrew, the ancient symbol of rebirth and of the city of Jerusalem. As Rabbi Emil Hirsch describes, "As it withers in the sunlight, but blooms beneath the dew, so Israel withers away except God becomes as dew for her (Hos. xiv. 5), and she is renowned among the nations as the lily among the flowers." Estimate: 2500 USD |  |
