A Superb Gold Trihemistater of Carthage From The Lewis Collection
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Zeugitana, Carthage (c.260 B.C.), Gold Trihemistater, 12.46g, . Head of Tanit facing to left, wearing a wreath with corn-sprays and a leaf, a triple-pendant earring and a necklace. Rev. Horse standing to right, its head turned back to face to left (Jenkins & Lewis, Group IX, 394-2, pl. 18 (this coin); Gulbenkian 384 (this obverse die); SNG Copenhagen 181). Excellent style, about extremely fine. $ 25,000 This coin published in ‘Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins’, G.K. Jenkins & R.B. Lewis (1963), 394-2, illustrated on pl. 18. From the Tunis Hoard (1948) Ex R.B. Lewis Collection Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 11 August 1983
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Zeugitana, Carthage (c.264-241 B.C.), Electrum Trihemishekel, 10.94g, . Head of Tanit facing to left, wearing a wreath of corn-sprays and a leaf, a triple-pendant earring and a necklace. Rev. Horse standing to right, a radiate solar-disk, flanked by uraei, above (Jenkins & Lewis, Group Xa, 413; SNG Copenhagen 182). Some lustre, about extremely fine. $ 15,000 Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Auction XXV, New York, 29 November 1990, lot 42