CNG 96, Lot: 17. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. BI Dishekel (23mm, 11.36 g, 1h). Reduced standard. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree in central background, pellet between leg and tree. MAA 44a; SNG Copenhagen 190 var. (no pellet); Virzi 2189 (this coin). Good VF, toned, weakly struck on obverse.

Ex Tom Virzi Collection (Malloy XVII, 1 December 1980), lot 583.