Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4979 SESSION 16 - 9.30AM FRIDAY 16 APRIL Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $300
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SOLD $340
PHOENICIA, Sidon, after 111 B.C., silver tetradrachm, year 41 = 71-70 B.C., Sidon Mint, (13.98 grams), obv. Veiled, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to r., dotted border, rev. Eagle standing l. on prow, with palm under wing, around **SIDWNOS THS IEPAS KAI ASULOU* in field to left LAM and to right monogram **PAR*, (cf.S.5951, Levy, B.E., "The autonomous silver of Sidon {107/106 BC - AD 43/44}", [Proceedings of the 12th International Numismatic Congress [Berlin 2000] does not list this date. cf.BMC 105). Rough in places, very fine and very rare.
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