Triton XVI, Lot: 247. Estimate $1000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARTHAGE. Circa 160-149 BC. AV Unit or 4/5 Shekel (12mm, 3.02 g, 1h). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and necklace / Horse standing right, raising left foreleg. Jenkins & Lewis Group XVIII, 496 (same dies); MAA 97; SNG Copenhagen –; Triton XIII, lot 81 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, light die rust on obverse. Extremely rare issue with plain edge.