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LOT 3540
Phoenician or Levantine Commercial PB Weight of 1 Mna. Time of Alexandros I Balas, 152-145 BC.
ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΣ (Dorotheos), agoranomos. Dated SE 162 (151/150 BC). Galley to right with raised prow in volute, two rudders, and row of oars on each side; L BΞP (date) and A-ΓΟ-[PA?] in three lines above; ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΥ (agoranomos) MA (denomination) in two lines below; all within square linear border / Blank. Elayi & Elayi -; Hendin -; De Rochesnard -; CPAI -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; cf. CNG, Auction 114, lot 543 (Berytos mint, 2 Libra Weight). Condition as seen.(692gr, 85mm.).
Provenance
Acquired in the 1996.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3540
Phoenician or Levantine Commercial PB Weight of 1 Mna.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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