Muzen und medaillen gmbh,32,345,MIllion S.VIII,313,356
2010-05-26
- The Holy Land and neighboring areas collection GJ Sh. - Very rare and interesting Rv. representation. Good style. Dark brown patina. Good very fine The Rv. recalls the founding myth of the city: the two Ambrosian rocks and the sacred olive tree floating in the Mediterranean Sea. After a great sacrifice they came to rest, and the city of Sidon colony could be established. The section another legend is told: The Herakles-Melkarth dog it was who found the purple snail; it was the production and export of purple, the most expensive and most precious color in ancient times, on which the wealth and prosperity of Tyre founded.
Radiate draped cuirassed bust right
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olive tree between the two Ambrosian rocks (Baityloi) inclunding dog crouched No,in front of a purple snail