Triton XVII, Lot: 83. Estimate $6000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. EL 1½ Shekels (21mm, 10.84 g, 11h). Reduced standard. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace with pendants / Horse standing right, head left; ouraios above; on ground line, one pellet before right hind hoof, three before left. Jenkins & Lewis Group Xa, 420 (this coin); MAA 30; SNG Copenhagen 995 var. (pellets); SNG Lockett 1061 var. (same); Gulbenkian 386 var. (same). Good VF, toned, a few minor marks.

Ex R.B. Lewis Collection.