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LOT 0482
Phoenician Stone Scaraboid with Man Working in a Field
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (3.21 grams, 15 mm).
Domed body with incised detailing, underside showing a man tending his land. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.
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