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SICULO-PUNIC. Sicily. Lilybaeum. Ca. 350-300 BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 16.88 gm, 10h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 3/5, flan flaw. Ca. 330-305 BC. RShMLQRT (Punic), charioteer driving unruly quadriga right, reins in right hand, left hand outstretched to receive wreath from Nike flying left above / Head of Arethusa right, wreathed with grain ears, hair in sphendone, wearing triple-pendant earring and beaded necklace; three dolphins swimming around. Jenkins, Punic 6. HGC 2, 731.
Ex Ponterio, Auction 97 (10 November 1998), lot 326
After the destruction of Motya by the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius I, the Carthaginians relocated the surviving population to a new, well-defended fortress on the western corner of Sicily. The Greeks called the city Lilybaion, while the Carthaginians referred to it as Ras Melqart, or the "Cape of Melqart." A second Punic mint (after Entella) was established there producing coins closely modeled on the issues of Syracuse, usually featuring a charging quadriga backed with a female head surrounded by leaping dolphins. Coinage at Lilybaion ended in about 305 BC and was not resumed until the Romans took full control of Sicily a century later.
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SICULO-PUNIC. Sicily. Lilybaeum. Ca. 350-300 BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 16.88 gm, 10h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 3/5, flan flaw. Ca. 330-305 BC. RShMLQRT (Punic), charioteer driving unruly quadriga right, reins in right hand, left hand outstretched to receive wreath from Nike flying left above / Head of Arethusa right, wreathed with grain ears, hair in sphendone, wearing triple-pendant earring and beaded necklace; three dolphins swimming around. Jenkins, Punic 6. HGC 2, 731.
Ex Ponterio, Auction 97 (10 November 1998), lot 326
After the destruction of Motya by the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius I, the Carthaginians relocated the surviving population to a new, well-defended fortress on the western corner of Sicily. The Greeks called the city Lilybaion, while the Carthaginians referred to it as Ras Melqart, or the "Cape of Melqart." A second Punic mint (after Entella) was established there producing coins closely modeled on the issues of Syracuse, usually featuring a charging quadriga backed with a female head surrounded by leaping dolphins. Coinage at Lilybaion ended in about 305 BC and was not resumed until the Romans took full control of Sicily a century later.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-siculo-punic-sicily-lilybaeum-ca-350-300-bc-ar-tetradrachm-25mm-1688-gm-10h-ngc-choice-vf-4-5-3/a/3099-31016.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3099-05052022
HID02906262019
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