Details
LOT 2956
Phoenicia, Dora AE 17mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Dated CY 128 (AD 65/6). Turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right / Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding signa with right hand and cornucopia with left; ΔധΡΙΤ[ധΝ] to right, L PKH (date) to left. Meshorer, Coins 11; Rosenberger 9 (AD 64/5); RPC I 4761 (same). Near Very Fine.(4.67gr, 17mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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