Gorny & Mosch
Auction 261 4-5 Mar 2019
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SIZILIEN. SIKELOPUNIER. Tetradrachme (16,60g). ca. 360 - 330 v. Chr. Mzst. Lilybaion. Vs.: Wagenlenker mit Treibstab Quadriga im Galopp n. l. 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 2 (O2/R2); HGC 730.
Vs. flau, ss/ss-vz
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.
Vs. flau, ss/ss-vz
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.