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ANA Signature Sale 3048 11 August 2016
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ZEUGITANIA. Carthage. Ca. 350-320 BC. AV stater (20mm, 9.34 gm, 12h). Bust of Tanit left, hair wreathed in barley ears, wearing triple-pendant earring, and necklace with seven pendants / Horse standing right [on double exergual line]; three pellets to lower right. Jenkins & Lewis Group IIIf, 48. MAA 4. Deeply struck on a large flan, with needle-sharp detail and lustrous surfaces. NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style.The first gold staters struck by Carthage between 350 and 320 BC were of a nearly pure alloy and weighed more than the ubiquitous gold staters of Philip II and Alexander the Great. As time went on this coinage was debased with silver and reduced in weight-- hence the much more numerous Carthage staters produced after @ 320 BC are now termed "electrum." This early stater in pure gold shows a delicacy of style that indicates the dies were created by a Greek engraver of consummate skill.
Estimate: 14000-18000 USD
ZEUGITANIA. Carthage. Ca. 350-320 BC. AV stater (20mm, 9.34 gm, 12h). Bust of Tanit left, hair wreathed in barley ears, wearing triple-pendant earring, and necklace with seven pendants / Horse standing right [on double exergual line]; three pellets to lower right. Jenkins & Lewis Group IIIf, 48. MAA 4. Deeply struck on a large flan, with needle-sharp detail and lustrous surfaces. NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style.The first gold staters struck by Carthage between 350 and 320 BC were of a nearly pure alloy and weighed more than the ubiquitous gold staters of Philip II and Alexander the Great. As time went on this coinage was debased with silver and reduced in weight-- hence the much more numerous Carthage staters produced after @ 320 BC are now termed "electrum." This early stater in pure gold shows a delicacy of style that indicates the dies were created by a Greek engraver of consummate skill.
Estimate: 14000-18000 USD