Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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North Africa, Carthage EL Stater. Circa 350-320 BC. Head of Tanit to left, wearing grain wreath, triple-pendant earring and necklace of nine pendants, pellet before / Horse standing to right on single exergual line, one pellet behind back foreleg. Jenkins & Lewis Group VI, - cf. 320 (no pellet on obv.); MAA 13. 7.42g, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; lustrous.
From a private English collection.
The obverse dies identified by Jenkins and Lewis with a pellet in the left field all feature a prominent hair curl around 12h rather than the corn spray seen on this coin (cf. Group V). The corn spray replaces the hair curl in Group VI however none of the dies recorded by Jenkins and Lewis have a pellet in the obverse field, making this an unusual die.
Extremely Fine; lustrous.
From a private English collection.
The obverse dies identified by Jenkins and Lewis with a pellet in the left field all feature a prominent hair curl around 12h rather than the corn spray seen on this coin (cf. Group V). The corn spray replaces the hair curl in Group VI however none of the dies recorded by Jenkins and Lewis have a pellet in the obverse field, making this an unusual die.