CNG 100, Lot: 32. Estimate $750. Sold for $1375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-205 BC. EL Three-eighths Shekel (16mm, 2.84 g, 12h). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Horse standing right; [unstrung bow in exergue]. Jenkins & Lewis Group XV, 472; MAA 73a; cf. SNG Copenhagen 332–3. Good VF, toned, hairline flan cracks, numerous marks and nicks, edge marks from prior mount. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Arnold Saslow, March 1991.