SAMARIA. Anepigraphic types with Achaemenid and regional influences. Approximately 400-332 BCE. Mʿh = Obol (Silver, 8 mm, 0.43 g, 9 h). Winged lion attacking bull to left, both rearing on their hind legs; all within guilloche-pattern square border. Rev. Persian Great King or hero standing left, holding a winged sphinx-like creature by the man as it rears on its hind legs before him, head turned back; all within guilloche-pattern square border within incuse square. CSC 241. Hendin. Jeselsohn I 254. Leu Judaica -. Meshorer & Qedar 147. Shoshana -. Sofa 146-147. Wyssmann -. Very rare and among the finest known examples. Minor deposits, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. This lot can be shipped to a US address.