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Auction 12 11 January 2015
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Zeugitania. Carthage. c. 213-210 BC. Shekel, 6.66g (12h). Obv: Unbearded, laureate head left of young man with long sideburns (Hannibal?). Rx: Elephant walking right; in exergue, Punic letter aleph. Burnett, Enna hoard 114 (same reverse die). Robinson, Essays Mattingly, pp. 52 f., no. 8 (a). SNG Copenhagen 382. Very rare
Ex NAC 66, 17 October 2012, lot 25. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HAS 23269)
For a long time it was assumed that this issue (consisting of shekels, halves and quarters) was struck in Spain. New hoard evidence (the Enna Hoard IGCH 2232 in particular) has shown that the mint might have been located in Sicily or Carthage instead. Since the elephant appears to refer to Hannibal's trek across the Alps in 218 BC, it is tempting to view the portrait on the obverse as Hannibal's
Ex NAC 66, 17 October 2012, lot 25. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HAS 23269)
For a long time it was assumed that this issue (consisting of shekels, halves and quarters) was struck in Spain. New hoard evidence (the Enna Hoard IGCH 2232 in particular) has shown that the mint might have been located in Sicily or Carthage instead. Since the elephant appears to refer to Hannibal's trek across the Alps in 218 BC, it is tempting to view the portrait on the obverse as Hannibal's