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Exquisite Siculo-Punic Silver Tetradrachm
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Siculo-Punic, Silver Tetradrachm (16.65 g, 9h), Entella 320-300 BC. Head of Tanit-Persephone facing left,
wearing a wreath of grain-ears, a triple-pendant earring and a necklace, four dolphins swimming around.
Rev. Horse’s head facing left, a palm-tree behind, Punic legend (‘MMHNT’) below (Jenkins, ‘Coins of Pu-
nic Sicily’, Part 3, SNR 56, 1977, 157 (O48/R142); SNG Lockett 1050 (these dies); SNG Copenhagen 84
(these dies)). Exquisite style, the work of a talented die-engraver, excellent metal, lightly toned, Extremely
Fine.
$17,000
Ex The New York Sale XXX, 9 January 2013, lot 72.