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LOT 3220
Middle or Southern Levantine Uncertain AR Drachm. 5th-4th century BC.
Two confronted heads; male on left, female on right / Persian king or hero standing to left, slaying lion standing to right on hind legs; all within linear border within incuse square. Cf. Meshorer & Qedar, Samarian, no 35 (obol). Near Very Fine. Test cut.(2.61gr, 15mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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