Details
LOT 2767
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 23mm. 1st century BC.
Dated CY 40 (72/1 BC). Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ, bull running to left, upon which sits Europa, who holds her veil and horn of bull; [L] M (date) across upper field. HGC 10, 286 var. (unlisted date); DCA2 885 var. (same); CNG e570, 168 (hammer: 650 USD). Very Fine. Extremely rare with this date.(9.05gr, 23mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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