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LOT 0530
Phoenician Inscribed Bronze Scaraboid Seal
600-400 B.C.
1 in. (10.9 grams, 26 mm wide).
With ribbed loop and ellipsoid face, gryphon motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
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