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Auction 103  14 September 2016
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Lot 89

Estimate: 1000 USD
Price realized: 3250 USD
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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-205 BC. EL Three-eighths Stater (14.5mm, 2.72 g, 12h). Carthage mint(?). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, wearing bridle. Jenkins & Lewis Group XV, 477; MAA 73; CNP 9. VF, hairline flan crack, a few pits. Extremely rare with bridled horse, only one in Jenkins & Lewis (in the BM), two in CoinArchives, and CNP notes one in Naples and one additional at auction.


As Jenkins & Lewis did not notice the bridle, and the obverse die was not linked to any other coin of Group XV, one wonders whether this represents merely a subgroup within XV, or whether these comprise a new issue, perhaps from another mint?
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