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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Sicily, Siculo-Punic coinage. Tetradrachm ND (c. 320–290 BC), Entella.
Obverse: Head of Heracles-Melqart wearing a lion’s skin, facing right.
Reverse: Head of a horse facing left; behind it, a palm tree; in the exergue, the Punic inscription MHMNHT (Mechasbim); in front, an astragalus.
HGC 2, 295 – Jenkins 352 (from the same dies); Silver – 16.72 g – 24.5 mm – 10 h
From the BRED numismatic stock, July 1976, then from a CGB 38 sale, 2009, lot 58.
With an astragalus as a distinguishing mark. Slightly off-centre on the reverse. With a dark patina. Almost Superb.
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