Details
LOT 3253
Phoenicia, Arados AE 21mm. Dated CY 175 (85/84 BC).
Veiled bust of Astarte to right / Humped bull running to left, KN-ΠC above; POЄ (date), P and Phoenician 'b' below. Duyrat 4481-4490; HGC 10, 80. Good Very Fine.(6.98gr, 21mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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