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ZEUGITANA. Carthage. Ca. 300-260 BC. AR shekel (20mm, 7.56 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Head of Tanit-Persephone left, wreathed with grain ears, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace / Horse standing right before palm tree, head reverted, eight-pointed star to right. SNG Copenhagen 141. Jenkins-Lewis pl. 26, 16 (same obverse die). Solidly struck from attractive Fine Style dies. Lovely contrasting toning.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 120 (6 October 2020), lot 335; Roma Numismatics, private sale (2012)
This wonderful piece, struck on the eve of the First Punic War with Rome, is a superlative example of Carthaginian silver coinage of the era. As Carthage now controlled much of North Africa, Sicily, and southern Spain, it is not always clear where each coin type was struck. Since this piece conforms to the Phoenician shekel weight standard, as opposed to the drachm-based system of the Sicilian Greeks, it likely derives from the mint of Carthage itself. However the style is more fluid and "Greek" than usually encountered, indicating the North African mint may have imported engravers from the recently conquered cities of Sicily.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 3000-5000 USD
ZEUGITANA. Carthage. Ca. 300-260 BC. AR shekel (20mm, 7.56 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Head of Tanit-Persephone left, wreathed with grain ears, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace / Horse standing right before palm tree, head reverted, eight-pointed star to right. SNG Copenhagen 141. Jenkins-Lewis pl. 26, 16 (same obverse die). Solidly struck from attractive Fine Style dies. Lovely contrasting toning.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 120 (6 October 2020), lot 335; Roma Numismatics, private sale (2012)
This wonderful piece, struck on the eve of the First Punic War with Rome, is a superlative example of Carthaginian silver coinage of the era. As Carthage now controlled much of North Africa, Sicily, and southern Spain, it is not always clear where each coin type was struck. Since this piece conforms to the Phoenician shekel weight standard, as opposed to the drachm-based system of the Sicilian Greeks, it likely derives from the mint of Carthage itself. However the style is more fluid and "Greek" than usually encountered, indicating the North African mint may have imported engravers from the recently conquered cities of Sicily.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-zeugitana-carthage-ca-300-260-bc-ar-shekel-20mm-756-gm-12h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-4-5-fine-style/a/3094-34028.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 3000-5000 USD