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LOT 1091
Western Asiatic Arrowhead with Phoenician Letter
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (10.1 grams. 90 mm).
A slender leaf-shaped copper-alloy arrowhead with rectangular-section tang, bent over forming a loop; Phoenician letter stamped to one face of the head. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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