272, Lot: 11. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. 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 (22mm, 16.88 g, 11h). Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethusa right, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; three dolphins around. Jenkins,
Punic 56 (O19/R43); BMC 16 (same dies); SNG Lockett 742 (same dies). VF, toned, minor porosity.