Triton XV, Lot: 1086. Estimate $1500. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE, Third Punic War. Circa 149-146 BC. BI Serrate Double Shekel (24mm, 13.26 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; Phoenician open ‘ayin below. Visonà, Serrated 22-3; Jenkins & Lewis pl. 28, 13-4 var. (pellet before horse); MAA 100f; SNG Copenhagen 405 var. (pellet-in-crescent). Good VF, some porosity.

Ex Gerhart Hauptmann Collection (Auctiones 23, 17 June 1993), lot 158; Vierort Collection (Hess, 18 March 1918), lot 761; Helbing (9 April 1913), lot 797.