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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 8454312, member: 116882&quot;][USER=119482]@kentuckycoins[/USER] Very nice style and a great addition!</p><p><br /></p><p>To find a provenance, I start with with attributing the coin. As [USER=26430]@Curtis[/USER] pointed out, Jenkins <i>Coins of Punic Sicily</i> is the THE reference for Siculo-Punic coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin is the die type RShMLQRT (the Punic letters in the exergue) 69 (O24/R52) on plate 21. Obverse: quadriga galloping left with horses front feet close to exergual line, front of chariot appears to be on horses hindquarters and thick exergual line. Reverse: attractive style head of Persephone right and positions of the three dolphins match your coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Jenkins lists 15 examples - most can be eliminated as your coin because they are in museum collections or the weight is too low. Just to make sure, I checked the sales online using the sites already mentioned, like rnumis. So, not in Naville XII, Ratto24/6/1929, Martinetti Nervega (Sambon Cannessa), or Glendining Platt Hall.&nbsp; That leaves some without weights listed, like&nbsp; Sambon Canessa 22/6/1906 (doesn&#039;t appear to be online), Private collection Y (Jenkins&#039;s personal collection),&nbsp; Palermo (hoard?) and Megara Hyblaea 1967, ICGH 2180. I don&#039;t know where photos of the last 3 listing could be found. Also, there are a few more on acsearch (searched:&nbsp; Punic tetradrachm quadriga 69), but none match yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>See? Isn&#039;t this fun? Your coin is attributed and several leads eliminated in a half hour. Now, the real work begins, especially since you already used exnumis. </p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck finding the provenance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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