Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Ziz (Punic Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	340 BC - 320 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (20)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Srebro
Weight	17.00 g
Diameter	25 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 451742
References	Jenkins P1# 65 Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins; 1971. “Coins of Punic Sicily. Part 1”, Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau = Revue Suisse de Numismatique (Swiss Numismatic Review), Volume 50. , HGC 2# 1022 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Bement# 424 William S. Kundig (ed.); 1924. Collection Clarence S. Bement / Monnaies grecques antiques en or et en argent. Naville & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland (2 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand, reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath she holds with both hands; in exergue, Punic ZIZ and dolphin leaping left.

Reverse

(en) Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; two dolphins to left, flower to right.

Mint

Ziz, Sicily, modern-day Palermo, Italy

Comments

(en)

Jenkins, Punic 65 (O17/R52, plate 13).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (340 BC - 320 BC)

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