CNG 112, Lot: 67. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1401. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 300-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 17.10 g, 9h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, Punic [‘MH]MḤNT below. Jenkins,
Punic 308 (O97/R256); CNP 271; HGC 2, 293 corr. (varying legend); Hunterian 12 (same dies). Lightly toned, compact flan, minor die breaks, a few spots of die rust on obverse. Good VF.
From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Pegasi BBS 135 (13 February 2007), lot 185; Classical Numismatic Group XXVII (29 September 1993), lot 423.