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SICULO-PUNIC, “The Camp”. Circa 345/38-320/15 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.75 g, 10h). Possibly Entella mint. Wreathed head of Kore left; Punic mem behind neck / Horse advancing left; palm tree in background. Jenkins, Punic, Series 2a, 63 (O17/R57); CNP 208c; HGC 2, 268; SNG Ashmolean 2156 (same dies). Deeply toned, flan flaws on obverse, faint cleaning marks on reverse. VF.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 186 (8 March 2010), lot 1160; InAsta 28 (23 November 2008), lot 91.
Entella has been tentatively identified as the site of the main Carthage-controlled mint on Sicily, but this identification remains uncertain. Other Carthaginian (or “Punic” in Latin terminology) mints include Motya, Panormos and Lilybaion. The coinage identified by the enigmatic Punic inscription “People of the Camp” is usually ascribed to Entella and is directly tied to Carthage’s attempts to subjugate the eastern Greek half of the island. The example seen here is typical of the Greco-Carthaginian syncretism emblematic of the Siculo-Punic series: The obverse bears a head of Arethousa, nymph of the Syracusan sacred spring of Ortygia, while the reverse depicts a horse advancing left and a palm tree, both representing Carthage.
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