254, Lot: 8. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Lilybaion (as ‘Cape of Melkart’). Circa 330-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.39 g, 3h). Charioteer driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning him with wreath; Punic RShMLQRT in exergue / Head of Arethusa right, wearing grain-ear wreath, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; three dolphins around. Jenkins,
Punic 38 (O14/R29); Weber 1297 (same dies). VF, toned, strike a bit uneven.