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Auction 95-96  24 Oct 2018
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Lot 319

Estimate: 4000 GBP
Price realized: 3800 GBP
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Siculo-Punic coinage, Entella, tetradrachm, c. 320-300 BC, head of Tanit left wreathed with barley leaves, wearing earring and pearl necklace; four dolphins around and scallop shell beneath chin, rev., horse's head facing three-quarters left; to right, palm tree; below Punic inscription, 16.93g, die axis 11.00 (Jenkins 163, this coin cited; SNG Fitzwilliam 1488, same dies; SNG Copenhagen 85, same dies), well toned, about extremely fine. Provenance: G. Picard collection, A. Sambon, Paris, 1923, lot 312; Helbing 70, Munich, 1932, lot 538; Helbing fixed price list XVII, 1934, 176; Ars Classica, Lucerne, 1933, lot 923; Münzhandlung Basel 8, 1937, lot 185; Denyse Bérend collection (before 1985); exhibited at the Edward Merrin Gallery, New York, 1985; Morton & Eden 59, 13-14 November 2012, lot 743.
(4000-6000 GBP)
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