Sicily Siculo-punic coinage. Tetradrachm circa 320-300 BC, Entella (?). Head of Tanit left, wearing crown of barley, triple-pendant earring and plain cord necklace, three dolphins around / Punic inscription in exergue. Horse head left, palm-tree behind; all within linear circle. 16,61g. Jenkins 258 [O79/R218]; SNG Lockett 1054. Good extremely fine. Provenance: Privately purchased from SNC in July 1941. Formerly in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; sold as duplicate. Tanit was one of the most important goddesses of the Punic world. Often associated with fertility, motherhood, and protection, she occupied a central place in Carthaginian religious life. Her cult is also attested in Sicily, where it was introduced by the Carthaginians.