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6 November 2023
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Estimate: 450 CHF
Hammer Price:  700 CHF
Lot 1240

SICILY. Akragas. Punic occupation, 213-211 BC. 1/8 Shekel (Silver, 12 mm, 1.08 g, 2 h). Male head (Triptolemos?) to right, wearing wreath of grain ears. Rev. h (in Punic) Horse prancing to right. Burnett, Enna, p. 274, 98-119 and pl. 43, 100, 105 (same dies). CsP I, 97 (same dies). Walker, Hoards from Sicily, Studies Mildenberg, p. 274, 98-119 (same dies). Cf. SNG Copenhagen 380 (1/4 Shekel, as an uncertain Carthagenian mint in Sicily). Good extremely fine.

From an Antipodes collection, ex Classical Numismatic Auctions IX, 7 December 1989, 25.

Online bidding closes: 6 Nov 2023, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 13 Jun 2025, 05:51:02 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:700 CHF
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