Triton XVIII, Lot: 366. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Lilybaion (as ‘Cape of Melkart’). Circa 330-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.98 g, 5h). Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands; [R]ŠMLQ[RT] (in Punic) in exergue / Head of Arethousa right, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; four dolphins around. Jenkins, Punic 46 (O16/R35); HGC 2, 741; SNG ANS 731 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1600 (same obv. die); BMC 12 (same dies); Hunterian 56 (same dies); Jameson 598 (same obv. die). EF, toned.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 135.