Ex Brand and Virzi Collections

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 115. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.86 g, 5h). Wreathed head of Arethusa left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; four dolphins around / Horse head left; palm tree behind, tnjmm[ below. Jenkins, Punic 184 (O53/R162 - this coin listed); SNG Fitzwilliam 1481 (same dies). EF, toned.

Ex Virgil Brand Collection (Part V, Sotheby's, 1 February 1984), lot 72; Highly Important Collection [Tom Virzi] (J. Hirsch XIX, 11 November 1907), lot 639.