Lot 2059
Sicily, Siculo-Punic Coinage, c. 264-241 BC. Gold 1 1/2 Shekels (or Attic Tridrachm; 12.53 g) minted at Carthage. Head left of Tanit wreathed with grain, wearing necklace and triple-drop earring. Reverse: Horse standing right, head reverted. Jenkins and Lewis plates 17-18 (these dies not published). Superb Extremely Fine with some luster, mainly on the obverse.
Minted around the time of the First Punic War, this issue (Group IX in the Jenkins and Lewis reference) is close in purity to 50%. In the Carthaginian series, the fineness as well as the weight of the gold-electrum coins varied considerably throughout the decades.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 13,000.
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| Realized $16,100 |
