Triton XX, Lot: 47. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 300-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.90 g, 5h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, ‘MHMḤNT (in Punic) below. Jenkins, Punic 317 (O101/R261); HGC 2, 293; SNG Copenhagen 89 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1642 (same rev. die); Basel 564; de Luynes 1449 (same dies). EF, attractive light iridescent tone, a light patch of horn silver and a couple light marks on obverse. Exceptional for issue, perfectly centered on a broad flan.