Triton XVIII, Lot: 341. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 300-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.08 g, 3h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, Punic ‘MHMḤNT below. Jenkins,
Punic 317 (O101/R261); HGC 2, 293; SNG Copenhagen 89 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1642 (same rev. die); Basel 564; de Luynes 1449 (same dies). EF, attractively toned, traces of find patina, a little off center on obverse. Good style.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 125.