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LOT 0556

Estimate
GBP (£) 200 - 300
EUR (€) 230 - 350
USD ($) 270 - 400

PHOENICIAN TERRACOTTA BULLA WITH A DOLPHIN
5TH CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (1.05 grams, 17.71 mm).

Plano-convex in profile with impressed dolphin and legend.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in 1994.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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