Lot 1536
Sicily, Entella. Punic Occupation. Silver Tetradrachm (16.05 g), ca. 345/38-320/15 BC. Wreathed head of Arethusa right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; in right field, thymiaterion. Reverse: Horse standing right before palm tree; to right, Nike flying left above caduceus, crowning horse; below, Punic HB. Jenkins 97 (O33/R88); SNG Lockett 1041 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1622 (same obv. die). Extremely Rare - only one specimen from these dies cited by Jenkins. Porosity on the reverse. Extremely Fine / Fine. Estimate Value $800 - 900
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex Coin Galleries (16 November 1983), 171.
During the fourth century BC Entella was a settlement of Campanian mercenaries formerly employed by the Carthaginians, but they were turned against their old paymasters by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 368/7 BC. The city remained opposed to the Carthaginians until 345/4 when it was reclaimed by the Carthaginians. This coin was struck by the Carthaginian forces that briefly occupied the city after 345. The Carthaginians were driven out of Entella for good by the Corinthian general Timoleon in 342/1.
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