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Phoenician

Coin Depicting the God Zeus and Consort (?)

about 137-127 BCE
Bronze

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

The front (obverse) of this coin shows two heads in profile, one is the God Zeus while the other is unidentified. On the back (reverse) the prow of a ship is shown sailing left.

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