The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. SICULO-PUNIC. ‘ RSMLQRT ’ (c.360-330 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 16.78g,. Charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron in his right hand and the reins in his left, driving a galloping quadriga to right, Nike flies above to left to crown the charioteer, Punic legend ( RSMLQRT ) (only partially visible) in the exergue. Rev. Head of Arethusa facing to right, wearing a wreath of grain-ears, a triple-pendant earring and a necklace, four dolphins swimming around her (Jenkins, ‘Coins of Punic Sicily’, Part I, SNR 50, 1971, 41 (O15/R32); I. Lee, ‘The Silver Coinage of the Campanian Mercenaries and the Site of the First Carthaginian Mint 410-409 B.C.’, NC 2000, p. 42-3, 57; BMC 7; Gulbenkian 203 (these dies); SNG Lockett 744). Cabinet tone, nearly extremely fine and rare. Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 23 August 1984 US$ 3,250
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