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Lot # 56 - Sicily. Lilybaion (as Cape of Melqart). Siculo-Punic Coinage, circa 330-305 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24.58 mm, 16.60 g). Charioteer driving quadriga galloping left, holding kentron and reins; in exergue, RŠMLQRT ("Raš Melqart" in Punic); border of dots. Rev. Female head (Tanit-Arethusa) right, hair bound in ampyx, wearing single-drop earring; around, five dolphins. Jenkins, SNR 50 (1971), pl. 15, 4 (O3/R3, same dies). Viola CNP 296 (same dies). SNG ANS -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Lloyd -. Cf. HGC 2, 730. Lightly toned. Coin with oxidation removed on reverse. Very Fine. Extremely Rare (Jenkins quotes only one piece and with uncertain sale catalogue).   Ex Cayon 422A, 20 November 2024, lot 5556.   After the destruction of Motya by the Syracusan tyrant Dionysios I, the Carthaginians relocated the surviving population to a new, well-defended fortress in the western corner of Sicily. The Greeks called the city Lilybaion, while the Carthaginians called it "Ras Melqart" (Cape of Melqart). The new port town would become a thriving trade hub and the most important military base in Sicily. The strong new walls that were built to defend the city were able to fend off both Pyrrhos of Epiros and the Romans. It was the last bastion of Punic rule in Sicily during Pyrrhos' conquest of the island, beating back his attempts to take the city before his campaign unraveled entirely. The Romans placed the city under a nine-year siege with numerous assaults during the First Punic War, but they were never able to capture the city and only gained control of it after Carthage's surrender at the end of the war. The tetradrachms that are purportedly from Lilybaion were all struck in the later half of the fourth century BC., and exhibit a strong imitative affinity with Syracuse styles from the same period, usually depicting a quadriga with a charioteer on the obverse and a female head with dolphins on the reverse.
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Lot # 65 - Sicily. Motya. Circa 412-400 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 21.32 mm, 8.44 g). Hound standing right on exergue line; above, barley grain; border of dots. Rev. MOTYAION, Head of nymph right, wavy hair drawn up over head into a korymbos; behind, crayfish swimming upwards; all within a shallow incuse circle. Jenkins, SNR 50 (1971), pl. 3, 20e (O10/R12, this coin). Viola CNP 462 (this coin illustrated). SNG Lloyd 1134 (same dies). De Luynes 1042 (same dies). Jameson 664 = Rizzo pl. LXV, 5 = Campana CNAI II, 373, 6A/c (same dies). Hurter (Segesta) pl. 22, C = Buceti 6/1a = HGC 2, 927 (same dies). Beautiful old cabinet tone. Good Very Fine. Very Rare.   Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 407, 7 November 2012, lot 233; Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 353, 29 October 1997, lot 89; Classical Numismatic Group & Numismatic Ars Classica 40, 4 December 1996, lot 805; Hess-Leu 19, 12 April 1962, lot 76. This coin has the same (or very similar) dies to those found by Silvia Hurter, Segesta pl. 16, Obverse 54 and by Jenkins in SNR 50 (1971), Panormos pl. 6, Reverse 2.   The didrachms minted during this period may have been produced to pay the mercenaries that regularly formed the armies of the ancient Sicilian cities. This was a period of constant conflict between Segesta and Selinus, before the cycle of alliances that ultimately destroyed the latter and firmly established Punic power in Western Sicily. Therefore, a sudden surge is observed of numismatic activity in North-West Sicily. Three cities, Segesta, Motya and Panormos minted considerable quantities of the same types of didrachms: a hunting dog on the obverse and a nymph's head on the reverse. The coins of the three cities reveal the hand of the same engravers and although used the same types of coins, they all followed their own specific regime. The presence of hybrid coins combining dies from these cities suggests a central mint, probably in Segesta. While Jenkins and Hurter propose Panormos, Rutter argues convincingly for Segesta, which, considering the historical circumstances, seems the most plausible location.
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