Greek Coins. The Carthaginians in Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and North Africa
Tetradrachm, uncertain mint in Sicily "people of the camp" circa 330-320, AR 25 mm, 16.61 g. Head of Tanit (Kore-Persephone) r., wearing barley-wreath, bar and triple pendant earring and dotted necklace; in r. field, thymiaterion. Rev. Horse advancing l., raising l. foreleg; below, Punic letters and in l. field, Nike holding wreath (?) above caduceus; palm tree in background. SNG Lockett 1042 (these dies). Jenkins Punic Sicily III, 99.
Lovely old cabinet tone, obverse slightly off-centre, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex NAC 1, 1999, 46 and Künker 153, 2009, 8179 sales.