Massive Bronze Issue

378, Lot: 83. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE. Circa 201-175 BC. Æ 15 Shekels(?) (45mm, 100.00 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; above, [radiate sun-disk flanked by uraei]; below, Punic alef(?). CNP 68a; cf. MAA 104a; cf. SNG Copenhagen 399. Fine, dark green and brown patina, some porosity. Very rare.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 46.