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STUNNING and VERY RARE SICULOPUNIC AR TETRADRACHM


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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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