Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 2478 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $400
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SOLD $500
PHOENICIA, Byblos, king `Uzzib`l (Azbaal), (365-350 B.C.), silver dishekel or seqel, (13.208 grams), obv. war galley travelling to left with lion's head prow and three hoplites with round shields, hippocamp to left below, Phoenician OZ above tail, rev. bull kneeling left attacked by lion on top of it, almost a full Phoenician legend above [Azbaal melek Gebal], (S.6012; cf.BMC 4; cf.Traite II, 871, Pl.117, 21-2; cf.ACNAC Dewing 2662; cf.Rouvier 641; cf.Betylon 14 [p.118]; Leu Num. 72, May 1998 lot 312 same dies [realised 2530 SFr.]). Short of flan, good very fine, rare.
Ex Fred Shore, USA, purchased December 1998, with ticket. This coin has a clear and very sharp obverse and near complete ethnic in Phoenician script on the reverse. This is a type with an ethnic on obverse above the hippocamp.
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