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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3236629, member: 56859&quot;]Nice review and great idea for a thread!</p><p><br /></p><p>Punic:</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, <span style="color: #0000ff">Punic MHSBM (approximate meaning is &quot;quaestors&quot; or financial controllers) below</span></p><p>Ref: Jenkins, Punic 366 (O115/R298), series 5b</p><p><i>Ex Gorny &amp; Mosch 138 (7 March 2005), lot 33</i></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-big-one-from-the-wish-list-siculo-punic-tetradrachm.297246/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-big-one-from-the-wish-list-siculo-punic-tetradrachm.297246/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-big-one-from-the-wish-list-siculo-punic-tetradrachm.297246/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Phoenician:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]846358[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Byblos. Uzzibaal </b></p><p>c. 350-335 BCE</p><p>AR dishekel, 13.3 gm</p><p>Obv: Three hoplites with shields in war galley left, roaring lion&#039;s head on prow, waves below galley; hippocamp left below; Z O (N O?) in field</p><p>Rev: Phoenician inscription*; lion attacking bull left</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 132, BMC 26.95, 4</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-coin-from-the-purple-people.250752/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-coin-from-the-purple-people.250752/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-coin-from-the-purple-people.250752/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phoeniciandishekeltranslation-500-jpg.350743/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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