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194599. Sold For $495

CAMPANIA, Capua. Carthaginian Occupation. Circa 216-211 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (15mm, 1.91 gm). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right. Robinson, NumChron 1964, pl. 5, 12; Jenkins, Studies Mildenberg, pl. 19, 27; SNG ANS 148; HN Italy 2015. Toned EF.

Ex ADM Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica O, 13 May 2004), lot 1014.

This issued was first assigned to a mint Carthage by Jenkins and Lewis. Recent scholarship now agrees that it was struck in Carthage but was used for export to Italy during the Siculo-Punic invasions, as the type is most often found in hoards in Southern Italy