Jenkins Plate Coin – Ex Berlin Königliches Münzkabinett

Triton XXI, Lot: 335. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.68 g, 3h). 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 146 (O47/R133 – this coin referenced and illustrated); CNP 267; HGC 2, 284; SNG Lloyd 1631 (same obv. die); de Luynes 1458 (same obv. die). Good VF, attractive old collection tone.

From the collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex L. E. Bruun Collection (Sotheby & Co., 25 May 1925), lot 360; Duplicates from the Berlin Königliches Münzkabinett (A. Hess, 27 November 1902), lot 729.