CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. EL 1½ Shekels – Tridrachm (22mm, 10.19 g, 12h). Reduced standard. Carthage mint. Good VF.

Triton XXVII – Session 5
Lot: 5057. Estimated: $ 3 000

Greek, 12h, Electrum

Sold For $ 4 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. EL 1½ Shekels – Tridrachm (22mm, 10.19 g, 12h). Reduced standard. Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears with pellet on its leaf, triple-pendant earring, and necklace with nine pendants / Horse standing right, head left; ouraios above; pellet between hind hooves. Jenkins & Lewis Group Xb, 437; CNP 41h; MAA 32; SNG Copenhagen 996; Bement 600; Jameson 923; de Luynes 3747–8; Weber 8491. Flan crack, some scratches. Good VF.

From the Hydrologist Collection. Ex Noble 64A (12 July 2000), lot 2360; The New York Sale I (3 December 1998), lot 161; Auctiones AG 27 (10 December 1996), lot 465.


Closing Date and Time: 17 January 2024 at 10:18:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer’s fee.