Punic occupation.
Obv.: male head (of Triptolemos?) to the right, wearing wreath of barley ears.
Rev.: horse galloping to the right; below: Punic letter H; all within wreath.
Ref.: Walker --; SNG Copenhagen 378.
In exceptional condition for the issue. Struck on fresh metal.
From the Hohmann collection, acquired in the 1990’s from Centro Numismatico, Switzerland.
Triptolemos was a demi-god of the Eleusian Mysteries who presided over the sowing of grain- seed and the milling of wheat. He was one of the Eleusian princes who hospitably received the goddess Demeter when she was mourning the loss of her daughter.
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