327, Lot: 429. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Himera (as Thermai Himerensis). Punic issues. Early-mid 4th century BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.17 g, 1h). Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; [altar] in exergue / Female head right, wearing wreath of grain ears, sphendone, and earring; three dolphins around. Jenkins,
Punic pl. 22, 5 (same dies); HGC 2, 1612 (same obv. die as illustration). Near VF, toned.
From the Continental Collection.