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Triton XX Sessions 1 & 2  10 January 2017
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Lot 468

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 2500 USD
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PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ (24mm, 9.69 g, 12h). IVL PHILIPPVS NOB CAES, bareheaded and draped bust right / COL PT–OL, large foot to left; thunderbolt above, caduceus to left. Kadman –; Rosenberger –; Sofaer 256. Fine, earthen green patina, roughness. Rare.


From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.

The Sofaer catalog notes that the foot may symbolize Ba'al of Carmel, a local deity associated with Zeus Heliopolites.
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