Beautiful Siculo-Punic Tetradrachm of Entella
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Sicily, Entella (c.320/15-300 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.0g. Siculo-Punic issue. Wreathed head of Arethusa
facing left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace. Rev. Horse galloping right before a palm-tree (Jenkins
series 2d, 126 (O42/R114); Gulbenkian 363 (same dies); SNG Lockett 1037 (same dies); de Luynes 1433
(same dies)). Outstanding metal, fine style, extremely fine.
$ 15,000
purchased from Spink & Son, London, in the late 1970s
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Sicily, Entella (c.320-300 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 16.74g, 11h. Siculo-Punic issue. Head of 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, SNR 56,
1977, 147 (O47/R132); SNG Lloyd 1631 (this obverse die); de Luynes 1458 (this obverse die)). A few light
marks, of beautiful style, good very fine to nearly extremely fine.
Rare
.
$ 3,000
ex Davissons Ltd, Auction 10, April 1998, lot 85
ex Noble Numismatics, Sale 86, 21-23 November 2007, lot 3340
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Sicily, Entella (c.300-289 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 16.9g. Siculo-Punic issue. Head of Herakles facing right,
wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. “
MHMHNT
”, horse’s head below left, palm-tree with fruits behind (Jenkins
series 5a, 285 (O91/R234); SNG Lockett 1055 (this obverse die)). Lightly toned and well detailed, superb
extremely fine.
$ 3,500
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Moesia, Istros (c.400-350 BC), Silver Drachm, 5.36g. Two young male heads facing side-by-side, the left one
inverted. Rev.
I
Σ
TPIH
, a sea-eagle standing to left on a dolphin, attacking it with its beak, a monogram below
(SNG BM Black Sea 247-8; AMNG I, 417; SNG Stancomb 147). Lightly toned, extremely fine.
$ 250
