ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Siculo-Punic, Entella (c.350-315 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.07g, 1h. Head of Tanit-Persephone facing right, wearing a wreath of grain-ears, a triple-pendant earring and a necklace, symbol of Tanit behind, three dolphins around. Rev. Horse standing on a ground line in front of a palm-tree right, a caduceus before (Jenkins, 'Coins of Punic Sicily', Part 3, SNR 56, 1977, 89 (O31/R80); Gulbenkian 368 (these dies); SNG Lockett 1039 (these dies); de Luynes 1440 (these dies)). A few minor pits on obverse, toned, good very fine.
Ex Superior Galleries Auction, 9-10 December 1994, lot 662
Estimate: $2,750