★ Second Specimen in the Market ★

Phoenicia, Berytus AE 20mm. Circa 40-30 BC. The Second Specimen in the Market

Phoenicia, Berytus AE 20mm. Circa 40-30 BC. Laureate head of Baal-Berit (Poseidon) to right, wearing kalathos; trident over shoulder / ΒΗΡ[Υ]-ΤΙΩΝ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm in left hand and wreath in right. BMC Phoenicia 26, pl. VII 15; Rouvier 474 (date above Baal's head). 6.45gr, 20mm, 12h. Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 20, 784).

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.