ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Siculo-Punic (c.320 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.11g, 12h. Head of Tanit-Persephone facing left, wearing a barley-wreath, a triple-pendant earing and a necklace, four dolphins swimming around. Rev. Horse springing left on ground line, a palm-tree in the background (Jenkins, 'Coins of Punic Sicily', Part 3, SNR 56, 1977, 139 (O46/R125); Gulbenkian 365 (this obverse die); de Luynes 1442 (these dies). Superb style, the work of a talented artist, beautiful blue and red iridescent tone, about extremely fine.
Ex Bank Leu AG, Auction 50, Zurich, 25 April 1990, lot 75
Estimate: $12,000