Sale: Triton V, Lot: 594. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MAURETANIA, Lix. Circa 2nd Century BC. Æ 21mm (6.16 gm). Facing head of Baal-Melkart / Star between grape cluster and grain ear; neo-Punic "MQM SMS". SNG Copenhagen 707; Müller 248; Mazard 645 = Laffaille, "Choix de Monnaies Grecques en Bronze," 199 = Laffaille 656 (this coin). EF, glossy dark brown patina, exceptional style. Very rare. ($750)

Ex Maurice Laffaille Collection (Münzen und Medaillen Auktion 76, 19-20 September 1991), lot 656; Münzhandlung Basel Auktion 10 (15 March 1938), lot 424; Jean Mazard Collection.