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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4729393, member: 56859"]A beautiful coin with intriguing history-- what's not to love? Herakles looks quite pleased and the horse is well rendered <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/entellatetrt-ed-jpg.631584/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Entella. Punic issues</b></p><p>c. 300-289 BCE; AR tetradrachm, 24 mm, 16.8 gm, 12h)</p><p>Obv: head of Melquart-Herakles right, wearing lion skin</p><p>Rev: head of horse left; astragalos (cut over poppy) to left, palm tree to right, Punic MHSBM (approximate meaning is "quaestors" or financial controllers) below</p><p>Ref: Jenkins, Punic 366 (O115/R298), series 5b</p><p><i>Ex Gorny & Mosch 138 (7 March 2005), lot 33</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4729393, member: 56859"]A beautiful coin with intriguing history-- what's not to love? Herakles looks quite pleased and the horse is well rendered :). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/entellatetrt-ed-jpg.631584/[/IMG] [B]SICILY, Entella. Punic issues[/B] c. 300-289 BCE; AR tetradrachm, 24 mm, 16.8 gm, 12h) Obv: head of Melquart-Herakles right, wearing lion skin Rev: head of horse left; astragalos (cut over poppy) to left, palm tree to right, Punic MHSBM (approximate meaning is "quaestors" or financial controllers) below Ref: Jenkins, Punic 366 (O115/R298), series 5b [I]Ex Gorny & Mosch 138 (7 March 2005), lot 33[/I][/QUOTE]
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