★ A beautifully toned horse head tetradrachm from Entella ★

SICILY. Entella (?). Punic issues, circa 300-289 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 16.32 g, 5 h). Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. 𐤌𐤇𐤑𐤁𐤌 ('mhsbm' in Punic) Head of a horse to left; behind, palm tree with two date clusters. Jenkins, Punic, 396 (O121/R324). Beautifully toned. Faint scratches and the reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.

From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s.