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LOT 0556

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.

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LOT 0556

Phoenician Terracotta Bulla with a Dolphin

Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)

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