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1/16 shekel of Byblos, Phoenicia
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Obv.: Galley
Rev.: Lion attacking bull
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Collection of Margarete Bieber: bought from ANcient Coins Seltman Staten Island
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert Claude-Claire Grenier and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
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