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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 4252492, member: 58462&quot;]I have several but evidently I haven&#039;t photographed them as of yet.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a big brother to your obols though.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084863[/ATTACH] </p><p>PHILISTIA (PALESTINE), Uncertain mint. Mid 5th century-333 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.95 g, 12h). Imitating Athens. Rotated 145 degrees and overstruck with same dies.</p><p>O: Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye </p><p>R: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig left; all within incuse square. </p><p>-Gitler &amp; Tal IX.1D; HGC 10. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The Persian Empire evidently did not care about the fiscal policy of its subjects, and allowed them to choose their own coin-types, so long as the taxes were paid.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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