Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Samaria(?), uncertain mint AR Quarter-Shekel. Circa 4th century BC. Two dolphins leaping in opposite directions / Phoenician or Aramaic legend within ankh symbol in round incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references. 3.19g, 14mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Unpublished in the standard references.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XIV, 21 September 2017, lot 401.
The weight standard seems to be that of a quarter Phoenician shekel of about 14 grams. A similar seal inscription of the 8th century BC from Sebaste in Samaria reading Iggy has been recorded by P. Bordreuil / A. Lemaire, JA 265, 1977, p. 17, and A. Lemaire, Cinq nouveaux sceaux inscrits ouest-semitique, SEL 7, 1990, p. 98, 6.
Very Fine. Unpublished in the standard references.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XIV, 21 September 2017, lot 401.
The weight standard seems to be that of a quarter Phoenician shekel of about 14 grams. A similar seal inscription of the 8th century BC from Sebaste in Samaria reading Iggy has been recorded by P. Bordreuil / A. Lemaire, JA 265, 1977, p. 17, and A. Lemaire, Cinq nouveaux sceaux inscrits ouest-semitique, SEL 7, 1990, p. 98, 6.