STUNNING and VERY RARE SICULOPUNIC AR TETRADRACHM
STUNNING and VERY RARE SICULOPUNIC AR TETRADRACHM
SICILY - ENTELLA - PUNIC ISSUES
SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.72 g, 11h). Head of Arethusa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; cockle shell before neck, four dolphins around / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, Punic "MMḤNT" below.
Jenkins, Punic 159 (O49/R143); SNG Fitzwilliam 1489 (same obv. die); Hunterian 8 (same obv. die); SNG Lockett 1051 (same obv. die); SNG Ashmolean 2159 (same obv. die).
VERY RARE DIES COMBINATION !!!
STUNNING PORTRAIT OF ARETHUSA in high Relief and in the FINEST STYLE of this TYPE.
Amazing old Cabinet Tone.
A MARVELOUS COIN from an EXTREMELY RARE DIES COMBINATION with STUNNING PORTRAIT in HIGH RELIEF and in the FINEST STYLE; among the finest of all Siculopunic Tetradrachms known!
Condition: Obverse: Almost MINT STATE - Reverse: Extremely Fine.
Ex. Gorny & Mosch 129 (08.03.2004), Lot 65.
Ex. Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 382 (26.04.2005), Lot 101.
Ex. TRITON XV (04.01.2012), Lot 1039.
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