image

Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 18

Phoenicia, Berytos, a bronze coin-like disc (theatre ticket?), the size and shape of a prutah, with a Seleucid anchor and Aon the obverse, the reverse blank (cf. Baldry, Ancient Greek Literature in its Living Context, p.68), very fine, together with an autonomous bronze (BMC 4), and bronzes of Antiochos IV (BMC 57), Alexander I (Rouvier 449), Demetrios II (Rouvier 452), Augustus (BMC 52), Hadrian (BMC 98), and a lead seal with facing bust and [i]om[h], all acquired many years ago in Beirut, fair-good fine (8) Estimate £ 80-120

Sold for
£100