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LOT 1061
Phoenician Stone Bead with Symbols
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (13.5 grams, 23 mm).
Oblate in form with vertical piercing, one half segmented, and a band of text to the other side, zigzag to the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old English collection, 1990s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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