‡ Italy, Bruttium, Carthaginian occupation, half shekel, c. 215-205 BC, head of Tanit left wearing wreath of corn, earring and necklace, rev., horse standing right; behind, palm-tree, in upper branches small Γ, 3.81g, die axis 6.00 (E.S.G. Robinson, ‘Carthaginian and Other South Italian Coinages of the Second Punic War’, NC, 1964, p. 52, 1, pl. 7, ‘probably Locri’ = SNG Lloyd 1667, same dies; SNG Copenhagen 368), light toning and extremely fine Provenance: Tradart, Geneva, 16 November 1995, lot 126; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 700-1000