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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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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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Opening Bid: £3,600
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2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £936
Rosette panel with central claw setting and four voided cells, scrolled filigree and beaded wire; garnet cabochon to centre. 3.32 grams, 24 mm
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Property of a Cambridgeshire collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
