Sicily. The Carthaginians. 330-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.14g, 11h). Jenkins 189; Tradart 6.128 (this coin). Old cabinet tone. Struck on a broad flan. Of late classical style. Good very fine. From the Sadijas collection; Tradart 1994 (4) lot 123; The Numismatic Auction 1982 (1) lot 177

The horse is usually considered part of the foundation myth of Carthage: "Deep in the city’s heart there was a grove of beauteous shade, where once the Tyrians, cast here by stormful waves, delved out of earth that portent which Queen Juno bade them find... the head of a proud horse, that ages long their boast might be wealth, luxury and war" (Virgil, Aeneid, 1.441).