GREEK COINS
SICILY
PUNIC ISSUES

Tetradrachm, after 350 BC. Head of Tanit/Dido right, wearing Phrygian cap (murex shell form); dotted border. Rv: Lion advancing right, palm-tree behind, in exergue "mmhnt" in Punic script; dotted border. Rizzo, pl. LXVI,8; SNG München 1617 (var.); Jenkins, Coins of Punic Sicily, Part IV, 272; E. Acquaro, Monete puniche nelle collezioni italiane, parte I, 92 Nr. 158; Luynes Coll. I-II, 274, 1472 pl.LIV; Hirsch Coll. 139, 832.833, pl. XLIV. 16,93g. Extremely rare. Fine style. Slightly porous surfaces, otherwise almost extremely fine with a pleasing dark tone.