CARTHAGE. Circa 270-264 BC. AV 1½ Shekels – Tridrachm (23mm, 12.50 g, 11h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace with twelve pendants / Horse standing right, head left. Jenkins & Lewis Group IX, 378 (same dies); CNP 76; MAA 26; SNG Copenhagen 181; Basel 569 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 384; Kraay & Hirmer 210; Prospero 641. Fully lustrous, a few minor die breaks. Near EF.
From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 105 (10 May 2017), lot 41; Bertolami Fine Arts 24 (22 June 2016), lot 240.
Price realized | 19'000 USD |
Starting price | 9'000 USD |
Estimate | 15'000 USD |