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Sicily, Siculo-Punic Coinage, c. 264-241 BC. Gold 1 1/2

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 13,000.00 USD
Sicily, Siculo-Punic Coinage, c. 264-241 BC. Gold 1 1/2
Sicily, Siculo-Punic Coinage, c. 264-241 BC. Gold 1 1/2 Shekels (or Attic Tridrachm; 12.53 g) minted at Carthage. Head left of Tanit wreathed with grain, wearing necklace and triple-drop earring. Reverse: Horse standing right, head reverted. Jenkins and Lewis plates 17-18 (these dies not published). Superb Extremely Fine with some luster, mainly on the obverse. .

Minted around the time of the First Punic War, this issue (Group IX in the Jenkins and Lewis reference) is close in purity to 50%. In the Carthaginian series, the fineness as well as the weight of the gold-electrum coins varied considerably throughout the decades .
Estimated Value $10,000 - 13,000.