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LOT 2963
Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm. Circa 450-333 BC.
Bearded male head to left / Paradise flower or Phoenician palmette with two birds within volutes; dolphin to right below; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.3D; HGC 10, 604. Very Fine. Test cut. Rare.(2.84gr, 14mm, 2h).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm. Circa 450-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Bearded male head to left / Paradise flower or Phoenician palmette with two birds within volutes; dolphin to right below; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.3D; HGC 10, 604. 2.84gr, 14mm, 2h
Very Fine. Test cut. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
