Drachm

Philistian coinage of this period is among the most contested in ancient numismatics — the issuing cities remain disputed, and attributions shift with nearly every major publication. This type, catalogued by Gitler and Tal as XIII.5D, belongs to a phase when the coastal cities of the southern Levant were producing small silver coinage under Achaemenid Persian oversight, drawing heavily on Athenian and East Greek prototypes while mixing in local iconographic elements that still defy clean attribution.

The series ends abruptly with Alexander's campaigns in 333–332 BC, when Gaza fell after a two-month siege.