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Auction 253  5-6 Mar 2018
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Lot 79

Estimate: 3500 EUR
Price realized: 8500 EUR
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SIZILIEN. SIKELOPUNIER. Tetradrachme (16,78g). ca. 360 - 330 v. Chr. Mzst. Lilybaion. Vs.: Wagenlenker mit Treibstab Quadriga im Galopp n. r. führend, darüber Nike n. l. fliegend u. den Lenker bekränzend, darunter punische Legende R'SMLQRT (außerhalb des Schrötlings). Rs.: Kopf der Arethusa mit Schilfkranz n. r., von vier Delfinen umspielt. Jenkins, Punic Sicily 41 (O15/R32); SNG Lockett 744.
Herrliche Tönung, vz
Ex Prospero Collection (New York Sale, 4. Januar 2012), Nr. 201; ex Spink & Son, London, 23. August 1984.
After the destruction of Motya by the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius I, the Carthaginians relocated the surviving population to a new, well-defended fortress on the western corner of Sicily. The Greeks called the city Lilybaion, while the Carthaginians referred to it as 'Ras Melqart' ('Cape of Melqart'). A second Punic mint (after Entella) was established there producing coins closely modeled on the issues of Syracuse, usually featuring a charging quadriga backed with a female head surrounded by leaping dolphins.


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