CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. BI Dishekel (26mm, 12.85 g, 12h). Reduced standard. Carthage mint. VF.

CNG Feature Auction 121
Lot: 153. Estimated: $ 500

Greek, 12h, Billon, Coin-in-Hand Video

Sold For $ 325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. BI Dishekel (26mm, 12.85 g, 12h). Reduced standard. Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left; pellet on grain leaf / Horse standing right; palm tree in background, small pellet below. CNP 184c var. (no pellet on obv.); MAA 44a var. (same); SNG Copenhagen 190 var. (no pellets); C. C. Lorber, “A hoard of Punic ‘horse and palm’ billon tridrachms” in CH IX, Group 4, 53. Even brown patina. VF.

Ex Berk inventory cc37667 (ND); 1995 Unknown Findspot hoard (CH IX, 690).


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