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Auction XX  29-30 Oct 2020
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Lot 47

Estimate: 2500 GBP
Price realized: 2400 GBP
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Sicily, Siculo-Punic AR Tetradrachm. Lilybaion (as 'Cape of Melkart'), circa 330-305 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping quadriga to right; Nike above, crowning him with wreath; Punic legend RSMLQRT in exergue / Head of Tanit-Persephone to right, wearing wreath of grain leaves, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; three dolphins around. Jenkins, Punic 38 (O14/R29 - this coin); Weber 1297 (same dies); HGC 2, 741. 17.60g, 24mm, 3h.

Near Extremely Fine.

This coin published in G.K. Jenkins, Coins of Punic Sicily (SNR 50, 1971);
Ex Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 23, 5 November 1982, lot 30;
Ex Bank Leu AG, Auction 13, 29 April 1975, lot 78.
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