Leu Numismatik

Auction 4  –  25 May 2019

Leu Numismatik, Auction 4

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Modern Coins

Sa, 25.05.2019, from 10:30 AM CEST
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Description

★ A spectacular Punic tetradrachm of great beauty ★

SICILY. Entella (?). Punic issues, circa 300-289 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 16.96 g, 11 h). Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. 𐤏𐤌𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤕 ('mmhnt = 'People of the Camp' in Punic) Head of a horse to left; behind, palm tree with two date clusters. Jenkins, Punic, 319 (O103/R262). SNG Lloyd 1644 ( same dies ). A spectacular coin of great beauty, perfectly centered on a broad flan and from one of the finest die pairs in the entire series. Virtually as struck.

From an important collection of coins from Magna Graecia and Punic Sicily, formed in the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Price realized 12'000 CHF
Starting price 2'800 CHF
Estimate 3'500 CHF
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