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15 June 2022

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Coins and Historical Medals

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Lot

№ 613

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15 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£2,400

SICILY, Carthaginians at Entella, Tetradrachm, uncertain mint in Sicily, c. 300-290, head of Melkart right, wearing lion’s skin headdress, rev. horse’s head left, ‘mhmhnt’ in Punic characters below neck truncation; behind, palm tree with cluster of dates, 17.00g (Jenkins O125/R338 [the combination unlisted]; Leu Auction 3, lot 26, same rev. die). Overstruck, traces of undertype visible on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, struck from artistic dies £1,200-£1,500