Greek Silver & Bronze

Sale 60    21–23 Apr 1999   Wentworth Hotel   Sydney

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Lot 1960       Greek Silver & Bronze

Estimate $750
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $760

PHOENICIA, Byblos, king `Uzzib`l (Azbaal), (365-350 B.C.), silver dishekel or seqel, (13.186 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, full Phoenician legend above [Azbaal melek Gebal], (S.6012; BMC 4; Traite II, 871, Pl.117, 21-2; ACNAC Dewing 2662; Rouvier 641; cf.Betylon 14 [p.118]; Leu Num. 72, May 1998 lot 312 same dies [realised 2530 SFr.]). Slightly off centred on the reverse, nearly extremely fine/ extremely fine, rare.

This coin has a clear and very sharp ethnic in Phoenician script on the reverse.

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