73, Lot: 2. Estimate $750. Sold for $585. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Siculo-Punic. "Camp of Melkart." Circa 330-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.45 gm). Charioteer driving quadriga of rearing horses right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying above and crowning charioteer; Punic 'RSMLQRT' in exergue / Wreathed head of Arethusa right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; four dolphins around. Jenkins,
SNR 50, 36 (O14/R27); SNG Lockett 743. Good VF, oblong flan, area of corrosion on obverse.