New Denomination for Group IV

CNG 100, Lot: 22. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE. Circa 320-310 BC. EL Three-eighths Stater (15mm, 2.80 g, 10h). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Horse standing right. Unpublished, but cf. Jenkins & Lewis Group IV for type. VF, toned, struck from worn dies, light marks. Apparently unique denomination for Group IV.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, July 1993.

Three-eighths staters are known for later Carthaginian series, but the style of the present piece is significantly different from those issues, while quite similar to the staters and fractions of Group IV.