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Auction 100 - Part 2  7 October 2015
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Lot 1754

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 475 USD
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Volusian. AD 251-253. Æ (28mm, 17.43 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hermes-Thoth standing left, holding rolled papyrus and caduceus; at feet, ibis standing left on low basis; to right, murex shell and palm tree. Rouvier –; BMC 448. Good VF, earthen green patina. Rare type.


Unlike traditional Greco-Roman depictions of Hermes/Mercury, the syncretic Egyptian deity Hermes-Thoth is depicted bearded.
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