Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 120 6-7 Oct 2020
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The Carthaginians in Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and North Africa
Tetradrachm, uncertain mint in Sicily "people of the camp" circa 320-300, AR 16.77 g. Head of Tanit (Kore-Persephone) l., wearing barley wreath, bar and triple pendant earring, and dotted necklace; around, four dolphins. Rev. 'mmhnt' in Punic letters. Horse's head l.; behind, palm tree with date clusters. SNG Fitzwilliam 1482 (these dies). Locker-Lampson 116 (this obverse die). SNG Lloyd 1638 (this obverse die). Jenkins, Punic Sicily III, 189.
Wonderful old cabinet tone, an almost invisible nick on lower l.
field, otherwise extremely fine
Tetradrachm, uncertain mint in Sicily "people of the camp" circa 320-300, AR 16.77 g. Head of Tanit (Kore-Persephone) l., wearing barley wreath, bar and triple pendant earring, and dotted necklace; around, four dolphins. Rev. 'mmhnt' in Punic letters. Horse's head l.; behind, palm tree with date clusters. SNG Fitzwilliam 1482 (these dies). Locker-Lampson 116 (this obverse die). SNG Lloyd 1638 (this obverse die). Jenkins, Punic Sicily III, 189.
Wonderful old cabinet tone, an almost invisible nick on lower l.
field, otherwise extremely fine