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Siculo-Punic Tetradrachm (Obv)


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AR Tetradrachm, 17.17g. 26mm. c.300-290 B.C. Head of Herakles to right wearing lion's skin. Jenkins 323 (this coin listed). Lovely old cabinet toning and struck in high relief on both sides. Extremely Fine. This is a choice example of the finest early Hellenistic Greek art and with an impeccable pedigree. Ex: Sir H.Montagu collection, Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, London, Auction, Part 1, March 23, 1896, lot 809, illustrated on plate X. The coin was purchased by the well known Parisian dealer Rollin Ex: LHS, Zurich, Auction 102, 2008, lot 99, Star collection Ex: Edward J. Waddell, Ltd; July 2015

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