SICULO-PUNIC. Sicily. Ca. 300-289 BC. AR tetradrachm (23mm, 16.63 gm, 12h).

Description

SICULO-PUNIC. Sicily. Ca. 300-289 BC. AR tetradrachm (23mm, 16.63 gm, 12h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 – 3/5. Quaestors issue. Head of young Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ‘MHSBM (Punic), head and neck of horse left; palm tree behind, caduceus in left field. HGC 2, 295. Jenkins IV, Series 5b. Clear devices and legend with subtle brilliance in the reverse fields.