130, Lot: 253. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Siculo-Punic. Circa 330-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.98 g). Charioteer driving quadriga left, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above crowning charioteer, Punic "RSMLQRT" in exergue / Wreathed head of Arethusa right, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace; three dolphins around. Jenkins,
Punic 69 (O24/R52); SNG Lockett 745 (same obverse die); Jameson 599 (same obverse die). Near EF, lightly toned. Attractive.
From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), lot 1226.