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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 215-201 BC. Æ Shekel (19mm, 5.99 g, 9h). Mint on Sicily(?). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, head left. Cf. CNP 93 and 106; cf. MAA 90; cf. SNG Copenhagen 302-323. VF, dark brown patina with touches of red. Overstruck on a bronze of Hieron II with Poseidon head right/Trident; CNS II 198 for type.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 21.
An interesting overstruck coin that clearly shows the trident with part of Hieron's name with the control letters Θ Φ below (control letters not listed in CNS) on the obverse. On the reverse, the undertype is a head of Poseidon right, not left, which is a very rare variety, only represented by six examples in Calciati/CNS. There are two examples in SNG Copenhagen, 323 and 325, that are also overstruck on a Hieron II bronze, but only the trident is visible on the reverse of those specimens.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 21.
An interesting overstruck coin that clearly shows the trident with part of Hieron's name with the control letters Θ Φ below (control letters not listed in CNS) on the obverse. On the reverse, the undertype is a head of Poseidon right, not left, which is a very rare variety, only represented by six examples in Calciati/CNS. There are two examples in SNG Copenhagen, 323 and 325, that are also overstruck on a Hieron II bronze, but only the trident is visible on the reverse of those specimens.