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SICILY. Panormus (Ziz). Ca. 360-320 BC. AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.22 gm, 9h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Male charioteer driving racing quadriga left, kentron in left hand, reins in right; Nike flying right above, crowning charioteer with wreath, ṢYṢ (Punic) below double exergual line / Head of Tanit-Arethusa right, hair bound with broad ampyx, the back rolled in parallel plaits and bound against head, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. SNG Copenhagen 499 (this obverse die). Jenkins, Punic Sicily Addenda pl. 24, 39a (this coin illustrated). Solidly struck on excellent metal flan. Deep, iridescent toning.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 120 (6 October 2020), lot 326; Roma Numismatics, Auction 5 (23 March 2013), lot 56; Leu Numismatik, Auction 20 (25 April 1978), lot 37
Panormus, now known as Palermo, was one of the earliest trading colonies founded by the Phoenicians along the northern coast of Sicily. Panormus ("sheltered harbor") was the Greek name -- the Phoenicians called the outpost Sys, "splendor," likely a reference to its beauty in its natural surroundings. It was the first Phoenician city to strike coins in Sicily, starting about 410 BC; these early designs were based on those of neighboring Greek cities. This lovely issue of circa 360-320 BC is clearly patterned on the contemporary coins of Syracuse, with an obverse quadriga patterned on the tetradrachms signed by the engraver Euthydemus (Tudeer 15), while the reverse head of Tanit / Arethusa evokes the famous decadrachms of Kimon, albeit in a highly distinctive style.
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SICILY. Panormus (Ziz). Ca. 360-320 BC. AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.22 gm, 9h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Male charioteer driving racing quadriga left, kentron in left hand, reins in right; Nike flying right above, crowning charioteer with wreath, ṢYṢ (Punic) below double exergual line / Head of Tanit-Arethusa right, hair bound with broad ampyx, the back rolled in parallel plaits and bound against head, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. SNG Copenhagen 499 (this obverse die). Jenkins, Punic Sicily Addenda pl. 24, 39a (this coin illustrated). Solidly struck on excellent metal flan. Deep, iridescent toning.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 120 (6 October 2020), lot 326; Roma Numismatics, Auction 5 (23 March 2013), lot 56; Leu Numismatik, Auction 20 (25 April 1978), lot 37
Panormus, now known as Palermo, was one of the earliest trading colonies founded by the Phoenicians along the northern coast of Sicily. Panormus ("sheltered harbor") was the Greek name -- the Phoenicians called the outpost Sys, "splendor," likely a reference to its beauty in its natural surroundings. It was the first Phoenician city to strike coins in Sicily, starting about 410 BC; these early designs were based on those of neighboring Greek cities. This lovely issue of circa 360-320 BC is clearly patterned on the contemporary coins of Syracuse, with an obverse quadriga patterned on the tetradrachms signed by the engraver Euthydemus (Tudeer 15), while the reverse head of Tanit / Arethusa evokes the famous decadrachms of Kimon, albeit in a highly distinctive style.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 7000-10000 USD