Lot 2440
Sale 64 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes, Ancient, World Coins & War Medals, The W.J.Noble Collection of Communion Tokens
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Description
Siculo-Punic, mint of the camp, (c.300-290 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (15.644 grams), obv. head of young Melqart or Heracles wearing lion skin to right, rev. horse's head to left, palm tree behind, traces of Punic legend below, border of dots, (S.6436, Dewing ACNAC 983, Jenkins SNR 57, [Series 5b] 338 [same obverse die, O109/R277?). File mark on edge, scratches on reverse, light in weight, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Ex Italo Vecchi, London, Sale 14, 5th February 1999 (lot 364).
- Estimate
- $600
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $460