SICULO-PUNIC SILVER TETRADRACHM – ARETHUSA WITH CADUCEUS ISSUE EX HESS-LEU 1958 AND PUBLISHED IN JENKINS – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED GREEK PUNIC SICILY COIN (Inv. 18849)

$11,000.00

18849. SICILY. SICULO–PUNIC. Ca. 320–300 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.19 g, 24 mm. Issue of Entella (?).
Obv. Head of Arethusa/Persephone left, dolphins around, caduceus in left field. Rev. Horse’s head left with large palm behind, Punic letters M M in exergue.
Jenkins, Coins of Punic Sicily, 227 (this coin cited).
Ex Vilmar FPL V (Summer/Fall 2023), no. 16, Southern Collector, acquired from Vilmar Numismatics in 2019 = Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung 232, 10/5/2015, lot 88 = Hess–Leu 9, 4/2/1958, 114.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, “lt marks,” Jenkins and Hess-Leu provenances noted on label, boldly struck in high relief, with light gray cabinet patina.