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Auction XIV  21 Sep 2017
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Lot 272

Estimate: 500 GBP
Price realized: 1300 GBP
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Kyrrhestike, Bambyke-Manbog AR Stater. Abdhadad, circa 310 BC. Head of Atargatis facing, wearing ornamented headdress; crescent and circlet (numeral 30) to left; Aramaic 'atar'ateh to right / Temple of two columns within which stands the Priest-King before altar, wearing conical hat and holding pine-cone; Aramaic 'bdhdd (Abdhadad) to right. Seyrig, Hierapolis de Syrie, RN 1971, pl. I, 3; BM-PCG pl. 28, 32. 8.23g, 23mm, 7h.

Very Fine. Extremely Rare.

Bambyke-Manbog was a temple state ruled by priests who recognised the authority of the Great Kings of Aštart (Hellenised as Astarte).
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