Coins and Historical Medals

SICILY, Carthaginians at Entella, Tetradrachm, uncertain mint in Sicily, c. 300-290, head of Melkart right, wearing lion’s skin headdress, rev. horse’s head left, ‘mhmhnt’ in Punic characters below neck truncation; behind, palm tree with cluster of dates, 17.00g (Jenkins O125/R338 [the combination unlisted]; Leu Auction 3, lot 26, same rev. die). Overstruck, traces of undertype visible on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, struck from artistic dies £1,200-£1,500