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LOT 0494
Phoenician Faience Scaraboid with Patterns
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (0.9 grams, 15 mm).
Anatomical detailing on the body and symbols on the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.
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