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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 58

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 8000 USD
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SICILY, Entella. Punic issues. Circa 300-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.96 g, 3h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, Punic 'MHMḤNT below. Jenkins, Punic, Series 5a, 285 (O91/R234); CNP 271; HGC 2, 293 corr. (varying legend); Ars Classica & Naville 12, lot 1074 (same dies). Attractively toned over lustrous surfaces, usual die break on obverse (diagnostic for die), slight die shift on reverse. EF. Perfectly centered and struck.

This coin is from one of the finest style dies from the series; it is rarely found in this high grade. The most recent example (Roma XXII, lot 166) hammered over $10,000.
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