Very Rare Motya Tetradrachm

CNG 100, Lot: 1272. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Motya. Circa 405-400 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.96 g, 5h). Eagle standing right; MṬV’ (in Punic) above / Crab. Jenkins, Punic 37–8 var. (unlisted dies); Campana 13A/a; HGC 2, 921. Good VF, lightly toned. Well centered. Very rare, only six examples noted by Campana.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection, purchased from Maison Platt, September 1992.