Lot 1698

Description

Siculo Punic, (c.410-395 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.20 g), obv. forepart of a horse without bridle to right, crowned by Nike above with wreath and caduceus facing to right, grain ear before, Punic legend 'QRT HDST' below, rev. a palm tree with two date clusters, (cf.S.6426 [p.594], Jenkins, SNR 53, 17 [same dies, dies 04/R17] = ANS specimen, Naville 12 [lot 1058 same dies]).

Ex R.A. Climpson Collection and previously Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 112 (lot 3738), from the Lawrence R. Stack Collection, Stacks, New York, January 14, 2008 (lot 2134) with their ticket.
Jenkins records only six examples of this coin type from these dies, although nine examples of the obverse die are reported, eight come from two other different reverse dies. Jenkins and Lewis note the entire series comes from ten obverse and thirty two reverse dies.