Details
LOT 2957
Phoenicia, Berytus AE 20mm. Circa 40-30 BC.
Laureate head of Baal-Berit (Poseidon) to right, wearing kalathos; trident over shoulder / ΒΗΡ[Υ]-ΤΙΩΝ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm in left hand and wreath in right. BMC Phoenicia 26, pl. VII 15; Rouvier 474 (date above Baal's head). Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 20, 784).(6.45gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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