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Drachm

Issuer	Uncertain Philistian city (Cities of Philistia)
Year	450 BC - 333 BC
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Diameter	15 mm
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Obverse description	Janiform conjoined bust comprising a diademed bearded male head facing left and a diademed female head facing right, rendered in the Greco-Persian artistic tradition. The two effigies are depicted back-to-back, sharing a common neck, with fine detailing in the facial features and diadems. The style reflects the strong Athenian iconographic influence prevalent in the Philistian coinage of the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
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Reverse description	An owl of Athena depicted standing facing, with large forward-facing eyes rendered in relief and wing feathers carefully detailed. Two olive sprays flank the owl on either side, closely imitating the reverse type of the Athenian tetradrachm. The entire design is contained within a shallow circular incuse, characteristic of the hammered coinage of the Philistian cities during the Persian period.
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Mintage	ND (450 BC - 333 BC)
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