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            [Image]              SICULO-PUNIC: Rash Melqart. Ca. 330 BC. AR tetradrachm.
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           ID, etc.)             SICULO-PUNIC. Rash Melqart. Ca. 330 BC. AR tetradrachm
                                 (17.03 gm). Fast quadriga left, above Nike flying right to
                                 crown charioteer, Punic inscription rshmlqrt in exergue /
      Mail Bid Home Page         Female head right with hair rolled, wearing triple pendant
                                 earring. Jenkins, SNR 50, 19 (O9/R16). Struck from slightly
                                 worn dies. Lightly toned. Very fine

                                 Ex F. Martin Post Collection.

                                 This is the only reverse die of the Rash Melqart series to
                                 omit the dolphins around the female head.

                                 Estimated Value: $ 450

 ... sold for high bid of $350 [ $402.5, or approx 313.95 EUR, 209.3 GBP ] including the 15% buyers fee. 


From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 13, Closed August 25th, 2006.

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear.com.