The Hannibal Collection of Carthaginian Coins
Lot 3777 Session 14 (11:30am Thursday 28th July) The Hannibal Collection of Carthaginian Coins
Estimate $300
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SOLD $800
ZEUGITANIA, Carthage, (c.215 B.C.), billon tridrachm or one and a half shekel, (11.23 g), obv. head of Tanit to left, crowned with wreath of corn, wearing earring with triple pendant and necklace, rev. free horse standing to right, palm tree with fruit behind, pellet under horse's belly and another behind rear leg, line border, (cf.S.6494, Jenkins [Pl.27, 8 dates 240-230 B.C. p.135], MAA 44; cf.Lorber, "A hoard of Punic `horse and palm' billon tridrachms,"CH IX, Group 3, 42-44 [same obverse die], SNG Cop. 190-1 [dates 264-241 B.C.], Visona 34 [notes as billon double shekel and dates 238-230 B.C.]). Full flan, very fine and scarce.
Probably from the same hoard as described by Lorber.
This coin type is dated by Lorber (above) to its production
during the second Punic War and certainly from about 215 to
c.210- c.200 B.C.
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