Davissons Ltd.
E-Auction 46 17 May 2023
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PHOENICIA. Arados. Uncertain king. Circa 380-350 B.C. AR obol. .85 gm. 9 mm. Laureate and bearded head of the marine deity Ba'al-Arwad right / Galley right; MA (in Phoenician) above, waves below; all within pelleted square within incuse square. Betlyon 13. HGC 10, 46. NGC Ch XF Strike 5/5 Surface 2/5 'edge cuts'; cleaned; numerous light scratches on obverse; some small test cuts on edge; photographed through slab plastic, some marks in plastic.
Ex Leu Web Auction 18 (18 December 2021) lot 1559 (from a European collection formed before 2005).