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Lot 2617    SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 25TH NOV)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $120
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $160

PHOENICIA, Sidon, king `Abd `astart I, (365-352 B.C.), silver sixteenth shekel, (0.76 g), dated RY 1 = 365-364 B.C., obv. war galley travelling to left, waves below, Phoenician letter 9 above, rev. Phoenician letter 90 between Persian king or bearded deity and lion which he is slaying, (S.5940, HGC 10, 245, 197-200, cf.BMC 34-35, E&E-S Group IV, 2.4.2, see Cohen, Dated Coins of Antiquity, page 466 noted) (illustrated); together with AE (2), similar to HGC 10, 281, obv. Tyche head right, rev. galley left; and similar HGC 10, 293. Last two corroded and porous; Tyre, AE (3), AE 26, obv. Severus Alexander right, rev. olive tree between the Ambrosial Rocks; AE 16, year 247 (131-2 A.D.), AE 14 similar both with rev. palm tree. First coin fine, others very good - fine, first coin rare. (6)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, October 24, 2003, most from trade in 1970s.

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