Triton XX, Lot: 44. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.92 g, 6h). 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 148 (O47/R133); SNG Lloyd 1631 (same dies); de Luynes 1458 (same dies); HGC 2, 284. EF, attractively toned. Great metal.
From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XL.1 (Spring 2015), no. 995861; Georges Bouchereau & Robert Boyer Collection (Vinchon, 18 June 2014), lot 9.