Two Punic Occupation Half Shekels

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 87. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Punic occupation. Circa 212-209 BC. AR Half Shekel (3.95 g, 1h). Nude youth on horseback right, holding filleted palm frond and crowning horse; KRITO-Σ below / Phalanthos, holding Nike and trident, on dolphin left; monograms flanking. Vlasto 978 (same dies); HN Italy 1080. Near EF, lustrous, small area of flat strike on reverse.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Dr. Stephen P. Mulligan Collection (Noble 64A, 12 July 2000), lot 2460; Ponterio 102 (29 July 1999), lot 76.