Details
LOT 2960
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. 175/4-170/69 BC.
Dated CY 84 (176/5 BC). Laureate and draped bust of Ptolemy VI (?) as Hermes to right, with kerykeion over left shoulder / Marathos advancing to left, holding aphlaston in his right hand; to outer right, 'Amrit' in Phoenician; to outer left, 'year 84' in Phoenician. DCA 832; HGC 10, 194. Very Fine.(6.02gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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