CARTHAGE. Circa 350-320 BC. Stater (Gold, 18 mm, 9.23 g, 7 h). Head of Tanit to left, wearing triple pendant earring, necklace, tied at the back and hung with eight pendants, and a wreath of grain leaves. Rev. Horse standing to right; in field to right, before horse’s forelegs, three pellets arranged as an inverted triangle. Jenkins & Lewis Group IIIh ( both dies unrecorded ). With a wonderful old cabinet reddish tone. Extremely fine.
Sold on behalf of the Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique, Switzerland, ex Monnaies et Medailles XIX, 5-6 June 1959, 599.
Wonderful old cabinet reddish tone
Price realized | 28'000 CHF |
Starting price | 12'000 CHF |
Estimate | 15'000 CHF |