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LOT 3381
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Dated CY 227 (AD 117). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Wreathed head of young Dionysos to right / ΣΙΔΩΝΟ ΘΕΑΣ, cista mystica; ZKΣ (date) above; all within ivy wreath. RPC III, 3873; Rouvier 1437. Very Fine.(4.93gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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