Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 977. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE. Circa 221-201 BC. AR Shekel ­ Didrachm (6.84 gm). Second Punic War issue, struck circa 213-210 BC. Male head left / Elephant walking right; Punic "A" in exergue. Visona 55; MAA -; SNG Copenhagen 382. Superb EF, struck from worn dies. ($1500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIV (9 December 1992), lot 377.

Initially attributed to a Spanish mint by Robinson (NumChron 1964), the discovery of examples in the Enna hoard and other Sicilian hoards (Burnett, pg. 11) makes it more likely that this coin was struck in Carthage for use in the Sicilian campaign of 213-210 BC. Whether the obverse head is to represent the god Melkart or a member of Hannibal's family is still debated.