Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 754. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $630. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE. Circa 221-201 BC. AR Half-Shekel (3.82 gm). Punic mint in Bruttium. Struck during the Second Punic War, circa 215-205 BC. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; uraei above. Jenkins & Lewis pl. 28, 3; Visona -; cf. Robinson, Second, pg. 45, 4; Crawford, CMRR, pg. 67; SNG Copenhagen 361. Attractively toned EF. Fine-style dies. ($500)

Though most references place the issue in central Italy, Crawford convincingly argues for a mint in Bruttium, which was a stronghold of Hannibal during his Italian campaign.