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LOT 2728
North Africa, Carthage AR Quarter Shekel. Circa 215-205 BC.
Uncertain Punic mint in Bruttium (or Lokris?) under Carthaginian occupation. Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse standing to right. Jenkins, Some L2; Robinson, Second p. 53, 3; HN Italy 2020; SNG Copenhagen 369. Near Extremely Fine. Professionally cleaned and conserved.(1.94gr, 14mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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