| 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. | |
| 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 |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553 | Auction date: 3 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 153 Price realized: 350 USD (Approx. 317 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Achaemenid Province (Yehud). Anonymous. Circa 375-332 BCE. AR Half Gerah (7mm, 0.28 g, 3h). Bearded head right, wearing crown (Persian Great King?) / Falcon upward, head right, wings spread. GLF Type 16, dies O1/R1, 30 (this coin); Meshorer 16; Hendin 6058. Toned, much find patina, light roughness. VF. From the J.K. Biblical Collection. Ex Archaeological Center 42 (23 April 2008), no. 17. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 561 | Auction date: 1 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 281 Price realized: 350 USD (Approx. 327 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Achaemenid Province (Yehud). Anonymous. Circa 375-332 BCE. AR Gerah (7.5mm, 0.54 g). [Head right] / Owl standing right, head facing; lily to left. GLF Type 9 or 10, rev. die R1; cf. Hendin 6055 or 6056. Rough find patina. Good Fine. The reverse die used to strike this coin was used with both GLF Types 9 and 10. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
