Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 71. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Panormos. Punic Occupation. Circa 415-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.59 gm, 8h). Struck circa 325-300 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; star above horses' heads, Punic "SYS" in exergue / Wreathed head of Arethusa left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; four dolphins swimming around. Jenkins, Punic 72 (O19/R59); SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Fitzwilliam 1119/1120 (same dies). EF, lustrous with light iridescent toning around devices. ($4000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 25 (25 June 2003), lot 87.