Details
LOT 2730
North Africa, Carthage AE 19mm. Circa 300-264 BC.
Sardinian(?) mint. Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Head of horse to right. CNP 252; MAA 57. Near Very Fine.(4.91gr, 19mm, 8h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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