Triton XIX, Lot: 31. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.12 g, 11h). Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; four dolphins around / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, ‘MMḤNT (in Punic) below. Jenkins,
Punic 188 (O55/R165); HGC 4, 284; SNG Fitzwilliam 1493; SNG Lloyd 1638; Hirsch 835; Ward 363 (all from the same dies). EF, lightly toned, obverse slightly off center, light scratch in field on reverse.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 52 (7 October 2009), lot 90.