CNG 102, Lot: 114. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Panormos (as Ziz). Circa 340-320 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.00 g, 9h). Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand, reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath she holds with both hands; in exergue, Punic ṢYṢ and dolphin leaping left / Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; two dolphins to left, flower to right. Jenkins, Punic 65 (O17/R52); HGC 2, 1022; Ars Classica XVI, lot 594 (same dies); Bement 424 (same dies). Near EF, toned, some die rust.

From the Volteia Collection.

Jenkins called the device behind the head of Arethousa a “star and monogram”, but a close inspection of the illustrated examples, as well as the present piece, reveals that it is more likely some variety of flower.