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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 4252096, member: 92212&quot;]One of my collection’s subsets is the late 5th – 4th century BC, tiny silver Levantine-produced coins which imitate the Athenian owl type. Numismatic evidence reveals the influence and impact of Hellenization through how widespread such Athena/owl types became. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that these Athenian imitative types extended down to such tiny coins is telling in that regard as well, but it also fosters consideration of the craftmanship required (a) to produce such tiny slivers of silver in the first place, and (b) to include so much detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are four coins from this subset of my collection. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Philistia</u>:</b></p><p>Attributed to the general region of Philistia, as no <u>certain</u> mint location is readily determinable. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084767[/ATTACH]</p><p>SNG ANS Part 6, Palestine – South Arabia, #18-19. </p><p>Gitler &amp; Tal, 2006a; 152-153, Type IX.1O.</p><p>.908 gr. &amp; 8.5 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Yehud</u>:</b></p><p>The replacement of ‘AOE’ with ‘YHD’ shows the mint area as Yehud Medinata.&nbsp; Notice also that the usual olive spray was replaced with the lily symbol for Jerusalem. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084775[/ATTACH]</p><p>Hendin 1050.</p><p>Meshorer TJC 6a.</p><p>Fontanille YHD 05.</p><p>HGC 10, 434-438.</p><p>.58 gr. &amp; 8.1 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Samaria</u>:</b></p><p>Attribution to Samaria is <i>via</i> hoard evidence. Note that ‘AOE’ has been replaced with the name Abdiel. (Sorry, this image is lower quality.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084776[/ATTACH]</p><p>Meshorer and Qedar, Samarian Coinage, 1999, #59.</p><p>.71 gr. &amp; 7 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>And last but far from least…</p><p><b><u>Gaza</u>:</b></p><p>Although the Gaza mint is often cited as the production source of many of these small coins of Philistia, the presence of the <i>Mem</i> (‘Marnas’) on this example provides a certain attribution to Gaza. Such Gaza-marked examples are rarely offered for sale. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084777[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1084778[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gitler &amp; Tal V.21O</p><p>Hendin GBC 5yth ed., #1014</p><p>.67 gr. &amp; 9 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anybody else have 5th-4th century BC Levantine tiny silver coins from Yehud, Samaria, Gaza, Philistia, or other Levantine mints that imitate the Greek Athena/owl type?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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