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LOT 0576
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.
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LOT 0576
Phoenician Terracotta Bulla with a Dolphin
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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