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Phoenician Silver Seal with Green Scaraboid Seal Phoenician Silver Seal with Green Scaraboid Seal Phoenician Silver Seal with Green Scaraboid Seal
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LOT 1093

Phoenician Silver Seal with Green Scaraboid Seal

900-800 B.C.

1 in. (3.1 grams, 23 mm).

Carved serpentine plano-convex seal with intaglio of a bireme at sea beneath two opposed birds; set in a silver mount with ropework detailing, and kidney-shaped suspension loop. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.

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LOT 1093

Phoenician Silver Seal with Green Scaraboid Seal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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