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Triton
Samaria, “Middle Levantine” Series
Circa 375-333 BCE
Minted by Hananiyah(?)
AR Obol 8mm, 0.59 g, 5h
Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right /
Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to left, [H]YNNḤ (in retrograde Aramaic) to lower right.
Meshorer & Qedar 38; Sofaer 111; Triton XIII, lot 1343 (same rev. die)
Hananiyah 375-333 BCE
Kierion, Thessaly 4th cent BCE
King Monounios of Illyria, 305-275 BCE
Koroneia, Boeotia 400-350 BCE
Patraos 335-315 BCE
Peirasia, Thessaly 4th century BCE
Stymphalos, Arkadia 350-345 BCE
Teisiphon, Pherai 359-353 BCE
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