SICILY, Lilybaion (as ‘Cape of Melkart’). Circa 350-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.86 g, 11h).CNG Feature Auction 117 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 2 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Lilybaion (as ‘Cape of Melkart’). Circa 350-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.86 g, 11h). Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath; [RŠMLQRT (in Punic, = “Raš Melqart”) in exergue] / Head of Arethousa right, hair in [ampyx]; two dolphins flanking. Jenkins, Punic 15 (O8/R12); CNP 336; HGC 2, 733. Lightly toned. In NGC encapsulation 4536406-009, graded XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5. Very rare issue with this portrait of Arethousa with two dolphins, only one noted by Jenkins (in the BN), one sale record in CNP (Gorny & Mosch 130, lot 1071 = Heritage 3012, lot 24409), one additional in CoinArchives (Pecunem 2, lot 7 = Pecunem 1, lot 11). |