Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 100. Estimate $2500. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Siculo-Punic. Circa 350-320/315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.17 gm, 8h). Wreathed head of Arethusa right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; three dolphins around, symbol of Tanit behind / Horse standing right before palm tree; caduceus before. Jenkins,
Punic, Series 2b, 89 (O31/R80); SNG Copenhagen (Zeugitania) 79 = SNG Copenhaegn (Sicily) 972; SNG Lloyd 1619-1620 (same dies); SNG Lockett 1039 (same dies); Gulbenkian 368 (same dies); De Luynes 1440 (same dies). EF, light toning. ($2500)
From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica D (2-3 March 1994), lot 1292.