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Long Beach Signature Sale 3042 17-18 Sep 2015
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ZEUGITANIA. Carthage. Ca. 320-270 BC. EL stater (18mm, 7.38 gm, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left, wearing triple-pendant earring and pendant necklace / Horse standing right on exergual line, two pellets atop line by forefeet. Jenkins & Lewis Group VI, 335. SNG Copenhagen 976. A pleasing, problem-free example of this important coinage. NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5.With handwritten letter of provenance that says "When I was in Girgenti in April 1889 the manager of the Hotel des Temples showed me 20 or so of these which he said a man had dug up in a jar a fortnight (I think) before. I picked out this as the best of them."
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD
ZEUGITANIA. Carthage. Ca. 320-270 BC. EL stater (18mm, 7.38 gm, 12h). Wreathed head of Tanit left, wearing triple-pendant earring and pendant necklace / Horse standing right on exergual line, two pellets atop line by forefeet. Jenkins & Lewis Group VI, 335. SNG Copenhagen 976. A pleasing, problem-free example of this important coinage. NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5.With handwritten letter of provenance that says "When I was in Girgenti in April 1889 the manager of the Hotel des Temples showed me 20 or so of these which he said a man had dug up in a jar a fortnight (I think) before. I picked out this as the best of them."
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD